Quote by Doris Lessing on Fear and the Need for Understanding

„Anna was saying to herself: why do I always have this awful need to make other people see things as I do? It's childish, why should they? What it amounts to is that I'm scared of being alone in what I feel.“

Doris LessingQuote by Doris Lessing about the need for understanding and the fear of being alone with feelings.
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Doris Lessing was a British-South African writer known for her critical novels and essays on society, politics, and human nature.

This quote by Doris Lessing reflects the human fear of isolation and the need to be understood by others.


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Doris Lessing (1919–2013) was a British-South African writer renowned for her novels, essays, and short stories that explored themes such as politics, society, psychology, and the role of women. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.

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