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"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
"God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause."
Explore more quotes by Anita Brookner
"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."
"There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that."
"The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule."
"It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to."
"A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in."
"Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists."
"Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society."
"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything."
"You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't."
"It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read."
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