The evening passes somehow; I watch television with Nancy, or I write. It is difficult, not having a family, and it is difficult to explain. I always go to bed early. And I am always ready for Monday morning, that time that other people dread.
Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed. - Anita Brookner
Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed.
- Anita Brookner
Writing has freed me from the despair of living. - Anita Brookner
Writing has freed me from the despair of living.
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed. - Anita Brookner
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
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 marke… - Anita Brookner
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 marke…
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. - Anita Brookner
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. - Anita Brookner
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.
For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. - Anita Brookner
For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.
Always let them think of you as singing and dancing. - Anita Brookner
Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has. - Anita Brookner
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
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