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> [“We shall none of us ever make love again, she thought, and did not much care. Life had not been too harsh; the sea would still be there at the end. She was nearly ready.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/we-shall-none-of-us-ever-make-love-again-she-thought-and-did-not-much/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

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## More by Anita Brookner

> [If I were happy, married with six children, I wouldn't be writing. And I doubt if I should want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/if-i-were-happy-married-with-six-children-i-wouldn-t-be-writing-and-i/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/you-have-no-idea-how-promising-the-world-begins-to-look-once-you-have/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/i-never-learnt-hebrew-because-my-health-was-fragile-and-it-was/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/you-can-never-betray-the-people-who-are-dead-so-you-go-on-being-a/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/the-essence-of-romantic-love-is-that-wonderful-beginning-after-which/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/i-need-noise-and-interruptions-and-irritation-irritation-and/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [I am not a romantic. I am a domestic animal. I do not sigh and yearn for extravagant displays of passion, for the grand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/i-am-not-a-romantic-i-am-a-domestic-animal-i-do-not-sigh-and-yearn/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/a-man-of-such-obvious-and-exemplary-charm-must-be-a-liar/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [“It seemed to me that I, rather than he, had brought this about, and my despair was extreme. For now that I knew that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/it-seemed-to-me-that-i-rather-than-he-had-brought-this-about-and-my/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/always-let-them-think-of-you-as-singing-and-dancing/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [I was brought up to look after my parents. My family were Polish Jews, and we lived with my grandmother, with uncles and aunts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/i-was-brought-up-to-look-after-my-parents-my-family-were-polish-jews/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [“We shall none of us ever make love again, she thought, and did not much care. Life had not been too harsh; the sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/we-shall-none-of-us-ever-make-love-again-she-thought-and-did-not-much/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [I'm a middle-class, middle-brow novelist. And that's it. It amuses me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/i-m-a-middle-class-middle-brow-novelist-and-that-s-it-it-amuses-me/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/good-women-always-think-it-is-their-fault-when-someone-else-is-being/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/there-are-moments-when-you-feel-free-moments-when-you-have-energy/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

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