Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. – Anita Brookner
Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. – Anita Brookner
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. – Anita Brookner
Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply wont be got rid of. – Anita Brookner
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said “Let us pray,” and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible. – Desmond M. Tutu, “Religious Human Rights and the Bible”