Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. – Anita Brookner
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. – 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
Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. – Anita Brookner