When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'


The Grass is Singing (1950) ch. 1

Doris Lessing Quotes

When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'

When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'

When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'

When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'