Previous Quote

Anita Brookner Quotes

Next Quote
Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76 - Quote by Anita Brookner

Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76

Anita Brookner
Copy LinkCopy Link
Copy QuoteCopy Quote
Copy ImageCopy Image
Download Image of QuoteDownload Image

About The Quote

Related Authors

Related Topics

More Quotes From Anita Brookner

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
Anita Brookner
No blame should attach to telling the truth.
Anita Brookner
Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.
Anita Brookner
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
You get a lot of borderline cases in libraries.
Anita Brookner
I think that those few words were my greatest mistake.
Anita Brookner
Not everyone is born to fulfill an heroic role. The only realistic ambition is to live in the present. And sometimes, quite often in fact, this is more than enough to keep one busy. Time, which was once squandered, must now be given over to the actual, the possible, and perhaps that evanescent hope of a good outcome which never deserts one, and which should never be abandoned.
Anita Brookner
They had waited for too long, and the result was this hiatus, and the reflection that time and patience may bring poor rewards, that time itself, if not confronted at the appropriate juncture, can play sly tricks, and more significantly, that those who do not act are not infrequently acted upon.
Anita Brookner
Report Quote Report Quote Report Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote