The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War because of the trenches, and the incompetence of the people on all fronts.
Doris LessingThey can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now.
Doris LessingPolitical correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this.
Doris LessingTime and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors.
Doris Lessing