Quotes from brookner anita ii

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.

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.

With men passion is all at the beginning and with women it is all along.

It is often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But I suggest that the definition of sanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and being perfectly happy with the result.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

Life is a maze of doors, and all too often they are closed.