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The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look. ↗

— John Vinocur

#any #armies #bravery #disappears #emotions

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#i #i am #optimism #pessimism #story

I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#embarrassed #fantasies #figures #film #film stars

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

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

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 was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cooks #more #process #story #writing

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#conservative #current #despite #ideology #men