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The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.

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
Fulfilled
Woman
Reality
Self

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The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.
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For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.
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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
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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.
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