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John Fowles Quotes

All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one Picture Quote #1

No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience Picture Quote #1

We lay on the ground and kissed. Perhaps you smile. That we only lay on the ground and kissed. You young people can lend your bodies now, play with them, give them as we could not. But remember that you have paid a price: that of a world rich in mystery and delicate emotion. It is not only species of animal that die out. But whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know. But pity yourself for what it did Picture Quote #1

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities Picture Quote #1

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be Picture Quote #1

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me Picture Quote #1

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I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short and to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all Picture Quote #1

If you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know, but pity yourself for what it did Picture Quote #1

She seemed older to me, over-experienced by travel; needing to be learnt again, and I hadn't the energy Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the clue lay in indispensibility. I was being taught some obscure metaphysical lesson about the place of man in existence, about the limitations of the egocentric view Picture Quote #1

You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient. I should not be in the hands of a surgeon who did not take that view Picture Quote #1

Once again fear, and mystery, swept over me... I was infinitely far from home. The profoundest distances are never geographical Picture Quote #1

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So I strode down to the school like some vengence - brewing chieftain in an Icelandic saga Picture Quote #1

Fie divides conversation into two categories: when you speak, and when you listen to yourself speak Picture Quote #1

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And your prickles will die with the rest of your body Picture Quote #1

The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating a totally lifeless, as it is leafless, garden Picture Quote #1

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them Picture Quote #1

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want Picture Quote #1

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If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence Picture Quote #1

I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart Picture Quote #1

The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? Picture Quote #1

It is not only species of animal that die out, but whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know, but pity yourself for what it did Picture Quote #1

It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live Picture Quote #1

There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It is a very wonderful feeling. To have survived Picture Quote #1

To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape Picture Quote #1

We can sometimes recognize the looks of a century ago on a modern face; but never those of a century to come Picture Quote #1

The power of women! I’ve never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. We’re so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we’re stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can’t stand ours Picture Quote #1

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me Picture Quote #1

Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically Picture Quote #1

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All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one (John Fowles Quotes) No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience (John Fowles Quotes) We lay on the ground and kissed. Perhaps you smile. That we only lay on the ground and kissed. You young people can lend your bodies now, play with them, give them as we could not. But remember that you have paid a price: that of a world rich in mystery and delicate emotion. It is not only species of animal that die out. But whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know. But pity yourself for what it did (John Fowles Quotes) Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities (John Fowles Quotes) There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be (John Fowles Quotes) In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me (John Fowles Quotes) I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short and to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all (John Fowles Quotes) If you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know, but pity yourself for what it did (John Fowles Quotes) She seemed older to me, over-experienced by travel; needing to be learnt again, and I hadn't the energy (John Fowles Quotes) Perhaps the clue lay in indispensibility. I was being taught some obscure metaphysical lesson about the place of man in existence, about the limitations of the egocentric view (John Fowles Quotes) You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient. I should not be in the hands of a surgeon who did not take that view (John Fowles Quotes) Once again fear, and mystery, swept over me... I was infinitely far from home. The profoundest distances are never geographical (John Fowles Quotes) So I strode down to the school like some vengence - brewing chieftain in an Icelandic saga (John Fowles Quotes) Fie divides conversation into two categories: when you speak, and when you listen to yourself speak (John Fowles Quotes) You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And your prickles will die with the rest of your body (John Fowles Quotes) The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating a totally lifeless, as it is leafless, garden (John Fowles Quotes) Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them (John Fowles Quotes) Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want (John Fowles Quotes) If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence (John Fowles Quotes) I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart (John Fowles Quotes) The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? (John Fowles Quotes) It is not only species of animal that die out, but whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know, but pity yourself for what it did (John Fowles Quotes) It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live (John Fowles Quotes) There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves (John Fowles Quotes) Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It is a very wonderful feeling. To have survived (John Fowles Quotes) To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape (John Fowles Quotes) We can sometimes recognize the looks of a century ago on a modern face; but never those of a century to come (John Fowles Quotes) The power of women! I’ve never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. We’re so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we’re stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can’t stand ours (John Fowles Quotes) You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me (John Fowles Quotes) Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically (John Fowles Quotes)

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