Famous Anita Brookner Quotes

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

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

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

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
