574 Quotes by Doris Lessing

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    she was wishing that whatever stage of her life she ws in now could be got through quickly, for it was seeming to her interminable. If life had to be looked at in terms of high moments or peaks, then nothing had "happened" to her for a long time; and she could look forward to nothing but a dwindling away from full household activities and getting old.

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    Sometimes I dislike women, I dislike us all, because of our capacity for not-thinking when it suits us; we choose not to think when we are reaching our for happiness.

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    Sempre achei curioso o facto das mulheres serem veneradas como deusas, enquanto na vida quotidiana são remetidas para um papel secundário e consideradas inferiores.

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    For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature.

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    Secondo me, a farti ricordare qualcosa, di importante o meno, è il fatto che in quel momento eri particolarmente vigile, attento. Per la maggior parte del tempo viviamo in una sorta di trance, non facciamo caso a niente.

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    Ci siamo mai chiesti quali cambiamenti si determinarono nel nostro cervello quando la gente cominciò a leggere invece di ascoltare?

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    Di quali ricordi ci possiamo fidare? Basta solo pensarci di sfuggita per accorgersi che i ricordi sono sicuri quanto una bolla di sapone.

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    Para avaliarmos os verdadeiros sentimentos de uma pessoa acerca de uma coisa temos de nos guiar por um sorriso que lhe ilumina o rosto sem ela se aperceber.

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    ...Victim-eyes of impersonal tragedy, to be impersonal no longer.

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