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Quote by Doris Lessing
The great secret that all old people share is that you really have

The great secret that all old people share is that you really havent changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you dont change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. – Doris Lessing

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There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they dont. – Doris Lessing

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There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. – Doris Lessing

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I dont think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. – Doris Lessing

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