A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification. -Anita Brookner

 

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.


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

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A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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