33 ordspråk av Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner
 A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in. |
| A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification. |
| A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. |
| Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy. |
| All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. |
| All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. |
| Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature. |
| Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. |
| Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. |
| Great writers are the saints for the godless. |
| I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi |
| I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi |
| 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. |
| In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you. |
| It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read. |
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