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Quote by Doris Lessing
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that

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

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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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In university they dont tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. – Doris Lessing

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