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Doris Lessing Quotes

Humanity’s legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: ‘He/she was born, lived, died.’ Probably that is the template of our stories - a beginning, middle, and end. This structure is in our minds Picture Quote #1

It isn’t only the terror everywhere, and the fear of being conscious of it, that freezes people. It’s more than that. People know they are in a society dead or dying Picture Quote #1

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that ‘nothing succeeds like success.’ Picture Quote #1

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. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires Picture Quote #1

I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town Picture Quote #1

I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I’m not sorry I threw them out. So, I wrote. I had to write. You know, the thing was, I had no education Picture Quote #1

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I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it’s very painful Picture Quote #1

I hated the 1960’s feminists, she says. They were dogmatists, you see. In comes ideology, and out goes common sense. This is my experience of life Picture Quote #1

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter Picture Quote #1

The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into the vegetable garden enclosed within its tall pale of reeds - rich chocolate earth studded emerald green, frothed with the white of cauliflowers, jeweled with the purple globes of eggplant and the scarlet wealth of tomatoes Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women Picture Quote #1

The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War because of the trenches, and the incompetence of the people on all fronts 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

It’s lovely to have money to give away - that’s the bonus of winning the Nobel Picture Quote #1

[Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . Picture Quote #1

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It’s a cruel and evil government Picture Quote #1

For real pleasure a pleasure resort should have no one in it but its legitimate inhabitants, oneself, and perhaps one’s friends Picture Quote #1

I am always being described as having views that I’ve never had in my life Picture Quote #1

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I’ve worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done Picture Quote #1

I do have a sense, and I’ve never not had it, of how easily things can vanish Picture Quote #1

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a science fiction book.’ You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it Picture Quote #1

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says Picture Quote #1

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time Picture Quote #1

All my friends' mothers were appalling women Picture Quote #1

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I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women Picture Quote #1

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel Picture Quote #1

When there's a war, people get married Picture Quote #1

Pearls mean tears Picture Quote #1

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself Picture Quote #1

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer Picture Quote #1

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Humanity’s legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: ‘He/she was born, lived, died.’ Probably that is the template of our stories - a beginning, middle, and end. This structure is in our minds. (Doris Lessing Quotes) It isn’t only the terror everywhere, and the fear of being conscious of it, that freezes people. It’s more than that. People know they are in a society dead or dying. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that ‘nothing succeeds like success.’ (Doris Lessing Quotes) 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. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town (Doris Lessing Quotes) I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I’m not sorry I threw them out. So, I wrote. I had to write. You know, the thing was, I had no education. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it’s very painful. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I hated the 1960’s feminists, she says. They were dogmatists, you see. In comes ideology, and out goes common sense. This is my experience of life. (Doris Lessing Quotes) We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter. (Doris Lessing Quotes) The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into the vegetable garden enclosed within its tall pale of reeds - rich chocolate earth studded emerald green, frothed with the white of cauliflowers, jeweled with the purple globes of eggplant and the scarlet wealth of tomatoes. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I don’t think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women (Doris Lessing Quotes) The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War because of the trenches, and the incompetence of the people on all fronts. (Doris Lessing Quotes) Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn’t seem to lessen their horrors (Doris Lessing Quotes) It’s lovely to have money to give away - that’s the bonus of winning the Nobel (Doris Lessing Quotes) [Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . . (Doris Lessing Quotes) I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It’s a cruel and evil government. (Doris Lessing Quotes) For real pleasure a pleasure resort should have no one in it but its legitimate inhabitants, oneself, and perhaps one’s friends. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I am always being described as having views that I’ve never had in my life (Doris Lessing Quotes) I’ve worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done. (Doris Lessing Quotes) I do have a sense, and I’ve never not had it, of how easily things can vanish (Doris Lessing Quotes) I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a science fiction book.’ You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it. (Doris Lessing Quotes) Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says (Doris Lessing Quotes) Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time (Doris Lessing Quotes) All my friends' mothers were appalling women (Doris Lessing Quotes) I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women (Doris Lessing Quotes) Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel (Doris Lessing Quotes) When there's a war, people get married (Doris Lessing Quotes) Pearls mean tears (Doris Lessing Quotes) Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself (Doris Lessing Quotes) A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer (Doris Lessing Quotes)

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