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Anita Brookner

English Historian

Born: Jul 16, 1938

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Related authors: Edward Gibbon G. M. Trevelyan Henry James Sumner Maine James Anthony Froude James Mill John Dalberg-Acton John Keegan William Camden

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. Anita Brookner

Truth Blame Telling Telling The Truth Attach Does Should

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read. Anita Brookner

Time Writing Market Tortoise No Time Read Contention

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. Anita Brookner

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A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. Anita Brookner

Man Liar Must Charm Obvious Exemplary

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. Anita Brookner

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You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. Anita Brookner

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I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I'd try. Anita Brookner

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People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening. Anita Brookner

Me People Sometimes Complacent Say Maddening People Say Seems Never Ineffable Always Am Which Depressing English Serious

If I were happy, married with six children, I wouldn't be writing. And I doubt if I should want to. Anita Brookner

Happy Writing Doubt Married Were Six Children Want Should

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