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unable to understand the attraction of this bum

Saw in the review of a book recently: 'One of those unfortunate affairs-women, even the nicest of them, tend to fall in love with men quite unworthy of them.' This review, of course, written by a man. The truth is that when 'nice women' fall in love with 'unworthy men' it is always either because t…

—p.508 The Golden Notebook FREE WOMEN: 4 (483) by Doris Lessing
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a woman, starved for love

A woman, starved for love, meets a man rather younger than herself, younger perhaps in emotional experience than in years; or perhaps in the depth of his emotional experience. She deludes herself about the nature of the man; for him, another love affair merely.

—p.508 FREE WOMEN: 4 (483) by Doris Lessing
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using as much brutality as he dared

[...] The demonstration was not at all like the orderly political demonstrations of the communist party in the old days; or like a Labour Party meeting. No, it was fluid, experimental-people were doing things without knowing why. The stream of young people had flowed down the street to the headquar…

—p.489 FREE WOMEN: 4 (483) by Doris Lessing
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that they can talk like this to women?

But I sat, in a kind of cold fog, and I thought: What has happened to men that they can talk like this to women? For weeks and weeks Nelson has been involving me in himself- and he has been using all his charm, his warmth, his experience of involving women, and using them particularly when I've bee…

—p.474 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing
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trying to create men

We did. That was months ago. What frightens me now is-why did I go on with it? It wasn't the self-flattery: I can cure this man. Not at all. I know better, I've known too many of the sexual cripples. It wasn't really compassion. Though that was part of it. I am always amazed, in myself and in other…

—p.463 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing