6 quotes by Anita Brookner

“Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.” — Anita Brookner

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“Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.” — Anita Brookner

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“Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.” — Anita Brookner

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“Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.” — Anita Brookner

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“The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.” — Anita Brookner

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“Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.” — Anita Brookner

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