It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to. Anita Brookner conventionalhomemould Change image and share on social
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't. Anita Brookner answerbetraydead Change image and share on social
Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy. Anita Brookner accountabilityequivalentfriendship Change image and share on social
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 complacentdepressenglish Change image and share on social
I've never got on very well with Jane Austen. Anita Brookner austenhavejane Change image and share on social
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. Anita Brookner ancientboldfavor Change image and share on social
I'm a middle-class, middle-brow novelist. And that's it. It amuses me. Anita Brookner amusebrowclass Change image and share on social
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has. Anita Brookner freedommisspendtime Change image and share on social
I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only writing fiction. I'm not making munitions, so I think it's acceptable. Anita Brookner acceptablebleakcensorious share on social
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 aesopbusycase share on social
