Anita Brookner
Born: 07-15-1928
Anita Brookner was a distinguished British novelist and art historian, celebrated for her Booker Prize-winning novel "Hotel du Lac." Born in 1928 in London, she was educated at King's College London and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Brookner's writing is known for its introspective style, exploring themes of loneliness and self-discovery. Over her career, she published numerous acclaimed novels, establishing herself as a significant voice in contemporary literature.
Book summaries for books written by Anita Brookner
Quotes
The world is not a very nice place, it has no rules, and we are all alone.
I am not a person who courts poverty.
I think the past is a great burden.
The past is so cliché.
I think the courage of women is a myth. That is just something men say to make them feel more important.
The idea of happiness is a waste of time.
People who lead lives of great difficulty and want are always giving the impression that they are about to be married.
It is not the same, I think, to want to be alone and to be left alone.
Kindness has no place in this house.
It is a great mistake to confuse a love of solitariness with a lack of capacity for extraneous attachments.
I suppose it is important to be able to do something for oneself. It is a kind of independence.
I always think that the most interesting people are the ones who don't fit into the pattern.