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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 market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
— Anita Brookner
Tags: game, time, you, life

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I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I'd try.
— Anita Brookner
Tags: you, teacher, education, life
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.
— Anita Brookner
Tags: read, no-time, writing, time
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
— Anita Brookner
Tags: people, you, me, love
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
Tags: never, go, home, women
I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only writing fiction. I'm not making munitions, so I think it's acceptable.
— Anita Brookner
Tags: writing, only, rest, think
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