It was all wrong, ugly, unhappy and coloured with cynicism,… - Doris Lessing

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It was all wrong, ugly, unhappy and coloured with cynicism, but nothing was tragic, there were no moments that could change anything or anybody. From time to time the emotional lightning flashed and showed a landscape of private misery, and then — we went on dancing.

Doris Lessing

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Doris Lessing (22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British writer, born Doris May Tayler. In October 2007, Lessing became the eleventh woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in its 106-year history, and its oldest ever recipient.

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Birth Name: Doris May Tayler

Native Name: Doris May Lessing

Alternative Names: Jane Somers

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