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Doris Lessing Quotes

None of you ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it Picture Quote #1

It was OK, us being Reds during the war, because we were all on the same side. But then the Cold War started. Almost overnight we became enemies of people who were close friends - they crossed the street to avoid us Picture Quote #1

What's terrible is to pretend that the second rate is first rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better Picture Quote #1

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air Picture Quote #1

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools Picture Quote #1

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction Picture Quote #1

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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important Picture Quote #1

Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance! Picture Quote #1

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them Picture Quote #1

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way Picture Quote #1

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be Picture Quote #1

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better Picture Quote #1

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All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones moving easily under the flesh Picture Quote #1

I'm sure that everybody feels a kind of permanent anguish about what's going on in the world Picture Quote #1

I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars Picture Quote #1

When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives Picture Quote #1

As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital Picture Quote #1

I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city Picture Quote #1

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I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot Picture Quote #1

My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother Picture Quote #1

The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children Picture Quote #1

There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to Picture Quote #1

They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off Picture Quote #1

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Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors Picture Quote #1

Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew Picture Quote #1

When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers Picture Quote #1

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires Picture Quote #1

What I really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. They are horrible Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I dislike women, I dislike us all, because of our capacity for not - thinking when it suits us; we choose not to think when we are reaching our for happiness Picture Quote #1

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None of you ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it (Doris Lessing Quotes) It was OK, us being Reds during the war, because we were all on the same side. But then the Cold War started. Almost overnight we became enemies of people who were close friends - they crossed the street to avoid us (Doris Lessing Quotes) What's terrible is to pretend that the second rate is first rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better (Doris Lessing Quotes) If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air (Doris Lessing Quotes) In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools (Doris Lessing Quotes) It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction (Doris Lessing Quotes) It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important (Doris Lessing Quotes) Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance! (Doris Lessing Quotes) Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them (Doris Lessing Quotes) That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way (Doris Lessing Quotes) There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be (Doris Lessing Quotes) What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better (Doris Lessing Quotes) All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones moving easily under the flesh (Doris Lessing Quotes) I'm sure that everybody feels a kind of permanent anguish about what's going on in the world (Doris Lessing Quotes) I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars (Doris Lessing Quotes) When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives (Doris Lessing Quotes) As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital (Doris Lessing Quotes) I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city (Doris Lessing Quotes) I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot (Doris Lessing Quotes) My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother (Doris Lessing Quotes) The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune (Doris Lessing Quotes) There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children (Doris Lessing Quotes) There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to (Doris Lessing Quotes) They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off (Doris Lessing Quotes) Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors (Doris Lessing Quotes) Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew (Doris Lessing Quotes) When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers (Doris Lessing Quotes) You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires (Doris Lessing Quotes) What I really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. They are horrible (Doris Lessing Quotes) Sometimes I dislike women, I dislike us all, because of our capacity for not - thinking when it suits us; we choose not to think when we are reaching our for happiness (Doris Lessing Quotes)

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