"My father was in the First World War." — Doris Lessing

"My father was in the First World War."

201 Quotes by Doris Lessing

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When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to…
When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being…
She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every…
A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love.
Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat…
There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I…
What matters most is that we learn from living.
Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous.
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist:…
Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group…
Nonsense, it was all nonsense: this whole damned outfit, with its committees, its conferences, its eternal talk, talk, talk, was…

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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought… — Frank Abagnale
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was… — Chinua Achebe
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from… — John James Audubon
Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story,… — Paul Auster
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace.… — Teresa of Avila
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;… — Teresa of Avila
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I… — Jensen Ackles
I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place… — Michael Badnarik

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"My father was in the First World War." — Doris Lessing

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