574 Quotes by Doris Lessing

Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.

Men are unwise and curiously planned.

What women will say to other women grumbling in their kitchens and complaining and gossiping or what they make clear in their masochism is often the last thing they will say aloud - a man may overhear. Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long.

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Perhaps it is a fault of the species who thrive in peace, mutual help, aspirations for more of the same -- to forget that outside these borders dwell very different types of mind, feeding on different fuel.

You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.

As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever.