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Anita Brookner

"Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted."

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"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

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"Everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while."

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"You don't care for anybody... you just do it for attention, isn't it true?"

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"When you are "off somewhere else" people notice. Have you found yourself in conversations in which you're so concerned about what you are going to say next, that you don't even hear what the other person is saying? Guilty as charged, right?"

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"The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention."

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"I need attention?No...I need victim....!"

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"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."

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"Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away."

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"The value of impermanence is to call attention to the permanent."

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"N order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in."

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Anita Brookner
"Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists."

Love

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Anita Brookner
"Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society."

Religion

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Anita Brookner
"What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself."

Art

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Anita Brookner
"Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has."

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Anita Brookner
"In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game."

Time

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"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."

God

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"You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish."

Creativity

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Anita Brookner
"Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted."

Attention

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"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."

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

Will

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