With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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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 terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

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...

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

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.