Doris Lessing Phases Quotations

I think I am at the end of a certain phase of my life. What I'm on the lookout for now is the unexpected, for things that come from outside and that I never thought might happen. Sometimes you have to watch for them so you don't automatically say no to the new, simply because you're in the habit of saying no to everything that comes along.

What is terrible is that after every one of the phases of my life is finished, I am left with no more than some banal commonplace that everyone knows.