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I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it, because I would like to be able to join in fully. Not that I am a believer, but I would like to be.

~Anita Brookner

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People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.

~Anita Brookner

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If I were happy, married with six children, I wouldn't be writing. And I doubt if I should want to.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: July 16th, 1938

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