Anita Brookner

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#art #art form #form #interesting #itself

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#begins #decided #decisions #entirely #healthier

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#being #bold #favor #fortune #gift

Great writers are the saints for the godless. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#great #saints #writers

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#course #every #every time #hare #life

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#hares #market #read #time #tortoise

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#conventional #go #go home #home #more

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#biography #like #many #men #rich

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#end #life #live #long #men

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#circumstances #energy #feel #free #hope