Brigid Brophy
1929 - 1995
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Biography
Brigid Brophy was an English writer, critic, and campaigner for animal rights and other social causes. She was known for her novels, essays, and works on topics such as art, literature, and feminism. Brophy's writing often challenged societal norms and conventions, and she was a prominent figure in the literary and intellectual circles of her time.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Imagination makes demands of every writer, but none more so than the English novelist.
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Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
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We are most alive when we're in love.
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The literary imagination in India and in Germany is more naturally supple. I'm not sure if that's a compliment.
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Language is paradise but it can kill you.