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  1. 581 quotes from Doris Lessing: 'Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.', 'What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate.

  2. “Under my skin” 5 Copy quote. People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself. Doris Lessing. Thinking, People, Mind. 15 Copy quote. That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. Doris Lessing.

  3. Nov 17, 2013 · Doris Lessing. There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. Doris Lessing. Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. Doris Lessing.

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

    Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing and the Children of Violence series. That again was actually a very positive influence upon me. I particularly liked her writing in the Children of Violence seri...

  4. Nov 17, 2013 · 10. There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth. Doris Lessing. That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. You Life Learning. Doris Lessing. As you get older, you don't get wiser. You get irritable. Doris Lessing.

  5. Apr 16, 2014 · Celebrate the anniversary of The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing's landmark novel, with these ten inspiring quotes from the Nobel laureate. Learn about her views on reading, writing, learning, and life.

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