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Anita Brookner
In real life,...
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...
Great writers are...
Great writers are the saints for the godless.
Source: Novelists in Interview (ed....
All good fortune...
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...
There are moments...
There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on...
A complete woman...
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way,...
The lessons taught...
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so...
What is interesting...
What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere -- it is an art form in...
You have no...
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how...
You never know...
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew...
A man of...
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
Source: Rachel, referring...
In real life,...
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...
Great writers are...
Great writers are the saints for the godless.
Source: Novelists in Interview (ed....
All good fortune...
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...
There are moments...
There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on...
A complete woman...
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way,...
The lessons taught...
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so...
What is interesting...
What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere -- it is an art form in...
You have no...
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how...
You never know...
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew...
A man of...
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
Source: Rachel, referring...