Anita Brookner Quotes on women

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.

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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.

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Women have come a long way, of course: we can all be left alone at night now. But sometimes it seems a high price to pay. We can also open the door cheerfully to strangers at any hour, deal with obscene telephone calls and mend fuses.

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