What did Anita Brookner mean by: I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company. - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ It is best to marry for purely selfish reasons. Feraz Zeid, September 29, 2023December 26, 2023, Anita Brookner, Selfish, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anita Brookner, Belief, Satire, Strong, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ Death is only a small interruption. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Anita Brookner, Interruptions, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ Great writers are the saints for the godless. Feraz Zeid, July 24, 2023December 12, 2023, Anita Brookner, God, Saint, Writing, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anita Brookner, Literature, Ruined, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ And without understanding, could each properly love the other? Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anita Brookner, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ When you make a break for freedom you don’t necessarily find company on the way. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anita Brookner, Break, Company, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
+ To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anita Brookner, Moral, Negotiation, Writing, 0 - Anita Brookner Novelist · United Kingdom
Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn’t do, companies we didn’t buy. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China