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.

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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
Louis Bayard - Mr. Timothy
I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
London. The beating heart of England.
England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.
The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.
Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.
Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.
Master Chow in Minions - 2: The Rise of Gru
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Lord Varys in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3
Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
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A mosquito is more annoying for a lion than a lion is for a mosquito.
The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.

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