Famous Anita Brookner Quotes

  • Old times, sad times. I feel better about them now than I did then. – Anita Brookner

    Old times, sad times. I feel better about them now than I did then.– Anita Brookner

  • And without understanding, could each properly love the other? – Anita Brookner

    And without understanding, could each properly love the other?– Anita Brookner

  • Of course, the spectacle of two people’s happiness is always something of a magnet for the unclaimed. – Anita Brookner

    Of course, the spectacle of two people’s happiness is always something of a magnet for the unclaimed.– Anita Brookner

  • That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself. – Anita Brookner

    That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.– Anita Brookner

  • That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.– Anita Brookner

  • Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature – Anita Brookner

    Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature– Anita Brookner

  • Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76 – Anita Brookner

    Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76– 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

    Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.– Anita Brookner

  • I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company. – Anita Brookner

    I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.– Anita Brookner