For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
Doris LessingWhat women will say to other women grumbling in their kitchens and complaining and gossiping or what they make clear in their masochism is often the last thing they will say aloud - a man may overhear. Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long.
Doris LessingMen are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.
Doris Lessing