There’s an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful. Doris Lessing Read Quote
I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town. Doris Lessing Read Quote
When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. Doris Lessing Read Quote
There’s always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they’re usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to. Doris Lessing Read Quote
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it’s very painful. Doris Lessing Read Quote
