Doris May Lessing CH (née Taylerborn 22 October 1919) is a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. Use this quote
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. Use this quote
When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. Use this quote
We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed. Use this quote
Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way. Use this quote
I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government. Use this quote
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. Use this quote
September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible. Use this quote
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. Use this quote
I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married. Use this quote
