The best Quotes by Doris Lessing

The best Quotes by Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist.

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.
Small things amuse small minds.
When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue.
Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.