“Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.”
— Doris Lessing
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Category: science
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For the last third of life there
“For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.”
— Doris Lessing
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Category: alone
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Our society is dependent on some precarious
“Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.”
— Doris Lessing
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Category: society
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I wanted to write about my mother
“I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.”
— Doris Lessing
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Category: war
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There is only one real sin and
“There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.”
— Doris Lessing
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Trust no friend without faults, and love
“Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.”
— Doris Lessing
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Sometimes I think what I write is
“Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.”
— Doris Lessing
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Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative
“Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative – despite what current ideology says.”
— Doris Lessing
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We use our parents like recurring dreams,
“We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.”
— Doris Lessing
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Category: dreams
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My father was in the First World
“My father was in the First World War.”
— Doris Lessing
Author: Doris Lessing
Category: war
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