When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. Doris Lessing More Quotes by Doris Lessing More Quotes From Doris Lessing I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing. Doris Lessing unhappy writing I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been. Doris Lessing has-beens feminist active Small things amuse small minds. Doris Lessing small-things mind funny Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance! Doris Lessing chance men ...We try to have things both ways. We’ve always refused to live by the book and the rule; but then why start worrying because the world doesn’t treat us by rule? Doris Lessing worry trying book In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all because they've chosen to block off at this stage or that. People stay sane by blocking off, by limiting themselves. Doris Lessing block people looks You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant. Doris Lessing married red hippie It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own propaganda. Doris Lessing empires duration believe Growing up is, after all, only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what every one shares. Doris Lessing women growing-up unique I was filled with such a dangerous delicious intoxication that I could have walked straight off the steps into the air, climbing on the strength of my own drunkeness into the stars. And the intoxication, as I knew even then, was the recklessness of infinite possibility. Doris Lessing climbing stars air Some people obtain fame, others deserve it. Doris Lessing deserve fame people When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.' They are saying in effect, 'Learn our ideas, or otherwise get out; we don't want you.' Doris Lessing mean country ideas Free women," said Anna, wryly. She added, with an anger new to Molly, so that she earned another quick scrutinizing glance from her friend: "They still define us in terms of relationships with men, even the best of them. Doris Lessing anna said men For women like me, integrity isn't chastity, it isn't fidelity, it isn't any of the old words. Integrity is the orgasm. That is something I haven't any control over. Doris Lessing fidelity chastity integrity Anna, there's something very arrogant about insisting on the right to be right. Doris Lessing insisting anna arrogant The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body. [...] She sat, a tiny thing, in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshipppers, not at all afraid of us. Then she stalked around that floor of the house, inspecting every inch of it, climbed up on to my bed, crept under the fold of a sheet, and was at home. Doris Lessing cat home yellow I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature innacurate Doris Lessing accepting stills knows The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out. Doris Lessing provoking thought-provoking youth We've got to believe in our beautiful impossible blueprints. Doris Lessing impossible beautiful believe Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship. Doris Lessing loneliness spirit people
