For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

Laughter is by definition healthy

Laughter is by definition healthy

Small things amuse small minds.

Small things amuse small minds.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...