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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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Romanticism is not just a mode it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
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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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