Quote #56
Pearls mean tears.
More from Doris Lessing
- Man - who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!
- The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.
- It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
- Trust no friend without faults, and love a maiden, but no angel.
- For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
- What is a hero without love for mankind?
- Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
- I have found it to be true that the older I've become the better my life has become.