Doris Lessing's Quote - It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the inte

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It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the inte

It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. – Doris Lessing

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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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When theres a war, people get married. – Doris Lessing

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Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. – Doris Lessing

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