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Love Quotes by Doris Lessing
- A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love.
- Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!
- I find myself increasingly shocked at the unthinking and automatic rubbishing of men which is now so part of our culture that it is hardly…
- The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.
- If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.
- Better Counsel comes overnight.
- Every child has the capacity to be everything.
- You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.
- Intelligence forbids tears.
- ... if you have nothing, you are free to choose among dreams and fantasies.
- I don't think San Francisco needs defending. I never meet anyone who doesn't love the place, Americans or others.
- Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long. The number of women prepared to stand up for what they…
- People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.
- Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.
- I never stopped reading.
- What is a hero without love for mankind.
- Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.
- What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when…
- A story is how we construct our experiences.
- A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away.
- All my friends' mothers were appalling women.
- I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.
- I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been.
- I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.
- I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing.
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- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe. — Dario Argento
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide