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Men and women2 quotes
None of you ask for anything-except everything, but just for so long as you need it. — Doris Lessing · 1962A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, Perhaps this is the man. — Doris Lessing · 1962Compromise1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962Delusion1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962Second place1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962