To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. — Anita Brookner
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists. — Anita Brookner
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. — Anita Brookner
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other — Anita Brookner
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
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. — Anita Brookner
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. — Anita Brookner
It is my contention that aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. — Anita Brookner
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
Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. — Anita Brookner
Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography. — Anita Brookner
