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It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

Anita Brookner

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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
Art Historian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Pity
Anyone
Women
Home
Never
Phased
Mould
Conventional

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For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.
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