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Anita Brookner: In real life,...

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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

Source: Hotel du Lac, quoted in Christian Science Monitor, by Rushworth M Kidder, 1 Mar 1985.
-- Anita Brookner, (Jul 16 1928-2016), English art historian, writer; She wrote biographical studies of 18th C. painters, including Jacques-Louis David, 1981; wrote novel Hotel du Lac, 1984.

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