Doris Lessing

I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#am #being #described #had #having

I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#beginning #blair #hated #i #i always

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

— Doris Lessing

#anything #oneself #only #persuade #real

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#better #borrowing #interest #just #lending

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

God knows why nobody ever learns from the preceding generation - but they don't. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#generation #god #knows #learns #nobody

I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

I was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never