Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Quote by Anita Brookner

Topics: Writers Quotes

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no...

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no...

I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as...

I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the...

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the...

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided...

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

What will survive of us is love.

What will survive of us is love.

Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love...

Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my...