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Us Quotes by Doris Lessing
- I would not be at all surprised to find out . . . that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess.
- It is our stories that will recreate us, when we are torn, hurt, even destroyed. It is the storyteller, the dream-maker, the myth-maker, that is…
- I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.
- A foolhardy lot, we accepted it all, as we always do, never asked: "What is going to happen to us now, with this invention of…
- 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…
- Bad luck for both of us, we are both boulder-pushers.
- 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…
- 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,…
- ...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…
- When a generation watches the young ones, their future, their responsibility, grow up, and when what they are to inherit is pitiful and so reduced,…
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- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
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- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- Dreams are what keep us going when real life lets us down. — Nishan Panwar