Quotes by Doris Lessing

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

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

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

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Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

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Small things amuse small minds.

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

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Pearls mean tears.

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

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Literature is analysis after the event.

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

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

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

#Doris Lessing