# Quote — Anita Brookner, Making Things Better

> In the street the rain was little more than a fine mist which softened the outlines of the houses and even lent a touch of poetry to a neighbourhood unlikely to evoke tender emotions. He raised his eyes to a roofline bristling with television aerials, lowered them again to windows still blank before the evening lights were lit.

- Author: [Anita Brookner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anita-brookner.md)
- Book: [Making Things Better](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anita-brookner/making-things-better.md)
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