Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is an English language novelist and art historian who was born in Herne Hill, a suburb of London.

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    “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 (b. 1938)

    “A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat ... but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.”
    —Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

    “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 system she is in.”
    —Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

    “Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.”
    —Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

    “Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.”
    —Anita Brookner (b. 1938)