Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is a British, Booker award-winning novelist and art historian. Read full biography of Anita Brookner →
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
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... →
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
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... →
Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One... →
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.
In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.
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... →
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... →
Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is a British, Booker award-winning novelist and art historian.