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Famous Anita Brookner Quotes
Source: Look at Me
“Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.”
“And without understanding, could each properly love the other?”
Source: Latecomers
“I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.”
“Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.”
Source: The Misalliance
“Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.”
Source: Dolly
Source: A friend from England
“For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.”
Source: Look at Me
“To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.”
Source: Look at Me