Doris Lessing

Naissance 1919 · Décès 17 November 2013

Originaire de Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Iran · Nationalité : United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Écrit de la fiction et des essais

Citations

“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.”
1950–1999En anglais
“If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.”
1950–1999, Chapter 2En anglais
“What is so painful about that time is that nothing was disastrous. It was all wrong, ugly, unhappy and coloured with cynicism, but nothing was tragic, there were no moments that could change anything or anybody.”
The Golden NotebookEn anglais
“Literature is analysis after the event.”
The Golden NotebookEn anglais
“All one's life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you.”
1950–1999, p. 18En anglais