It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.
More Quotes from Doris Lessing:
The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.Doris Lessing
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.
Doris Lessing
In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. . . . You can only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.
Doris Lessing
Pearls mean tears.
Doris Lessing
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
Doris Lessing
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
Doris Lessing
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Truth QuotesIt always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
Douglas Hofstadter
The facts are on our side.
Karen Hughes
Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.
Pierce Brosnan