That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

—Doris Lessing

About Doris Lessing

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Doris May Lessing (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a Rhodesian-British author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia...

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Laughter is by definition healthy.

—Doris Lessing

He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random it would be a cool photograph. Things should look right. Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

—Doris Lessing

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.

—Doris Lessing

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