3 Doris Lessing Quotes on Identity

Doris Lessing quotes on identity

1. It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

14. All one's life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to be noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It's a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.

15. The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.