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. – Doris Lessing
In university they dont tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. – Doris Lessing
What the feminists want of me is something they havent examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. – Doris Lessing
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing