Quote of the Day (Anita Brookner, on Why the Hare Really Wins)

“In real life, of course, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is 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.” —English novelist-historian Anita Brookner (1928-2016), Hotel du Lac (1984)