Home / Quotes / Quote by Doris Lessing

Quote by Doris Lessing

“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.”

Quote by Doris Lessing

Author

Doris Lessing was a British novelist known for her profound psychological insights and critical exploration of social and political issues. Her works covered a wide range of themes from personal experiences to global concerns, including colonialism, gender roles, and women's liberation. Lessing's writing style is unique and vivid, and she has had a significant impact on postcolonial and feminist literature. more

You May Also Like

“I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.”

People Lucky Directors Producers Tickets

Author:Antonio Banderas

“This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.”

People Knows World Running Know How This World Layers Peasants

Book:The Good Terrorist

Source: The Good Terrorist

“When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers.”

Looks Bigs Television Interviews Publishers Profile

Author:Doris Lessing

“You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.”

Knows Ideas Ends Girl British Empires British Empire

Author:Doris Lessing

“What I really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. They are horrible.”

People World Revolution Feminist Horrible

Author:Doris Lessing

“What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.”

People Book Whole Past Literature Realizing Serious Ordinary Ordinary People

Author:Doris Lessing

“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.”

Lying Beauty Clarity Moments Of Clarity

Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.”

Joy Heaven Prayer Perfect Praying Gratitude Grateful Thanks Thanksgiving Gratefulness Thankful Gratitude Thank You Gratitude Inspirational Gratitude Words Of Gratitude Spiritual Gratitude Being Grateful For Life

Book:Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune

Source: Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune

“I cry a lot, you know. Which is very difficult for a man to recognise, but I do. I cry in movies, you know, just watching movies.”

Knows Men Difficult Cry Recognise

Author:Antonio Banderas

“If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.”

Ifs Reason Loses

Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing