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John Fowles Quotes

If you forget everything else about me, please remember this. I walked down that street and I never looked back and I love you. I love you. I love you so much that I shall hate you for ever for today Picture Quote #1

I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased Picture Quote #1

Wolves don’t hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth Picture Quote #1

That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good Picture Quote #1

We all want things we can’t have. Being a decent human being is accepting that Picture Quote #1

He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal Picture Quote #1

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We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away Picture Quote #1

I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality Picture Quote #1

You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you’re going to paint. The most terrible bad form Picture Quote #1

I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry Picture Quote #1

Art’s cruel. You can get away with murder with words. But a picture is like a window straight through to your inmost heart Picture Quote #1

I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren’t ashamed of being dull and little Picture Quote #1

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You put up with your voice and speak with it because you haven’t any choice. But it’s what you say that counts Picture Quote #1

There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wives; and others who are haunted by the knowledge that there are more attractive Picture Quote #1

Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society Picture Quote #1

I just think of things as beautiful or not. Can’t you understand? I don’t think of good or bad. Just of beautiful or ugly. I think a lot of nice things are ugly and a lot of nasty things are beautiful Picture Quote #1

People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth; it’s no wonder the poor things so rarely come up fresh and green Picture Quote #1

That’s the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance Picture Quote #1

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Just those three words, said and meant. I love you. They were quite hopeless. He said it as he might have said, I have cancer. His fairy story Picture Quote #1

Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good Picture Quote #1

Do you know that every great thing in the history of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or has been caused by feelings that you would call nasty? By passion, by love, by hatred, by truth. Do you know that? Picture Quote #1

I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment Picture Quote #1

Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile: that what might not be, is Picture Quote #1

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words Picture Quote #1

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Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man is as a marooned sailor or hermit Picture Quote #1

The newspapers are full of what we would like to happen to us and what we hope will never happen to us Picture Quote #1

The price of tapping water into every house is that no one values water any more Picture Quote #1

It’s despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It’s despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It’s despair that so few of us care. It’s despair that there’s so much brutality and callousness in the world. It’s despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they’ve won a lot of money. And then do what you’ve done to me Picture Quote #1

The bowed head, the buried face. She is silent, she will never speak, never forgive, never reach a hand, never leave this frozen present tense. All waits, suspended. Suspended the autumn trees, the autumn sky, anonymous people. A blackbird, poor fool, sings out of season from the willows by the lake. A flight of pigeons over the houses; fragments of freedom, hazard, an anagram made flesh. And somewhere the stinging smell of burning leaves Picture Quote #1

Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and who accepts their training as the best possible training. Those who are most successful in the state are those who have the most interest in prolonging the state as it is; they are also those who have the most say in the educational system, and in particular by ensuring that the educational product they want is the most highly rewarded Picture Quote #1

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If you forget everything else about me, please remember this. I walked down that street and I never looked back and I love you. I love you. I love you so much that I shall hate you for ever for today (John Fowles Quotes) I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased (John Fowles Quotes) Wolves don’t hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth (John Fowles Quotes) That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good (John Fowles Quotes) We all want things we can’t have. Being a decent human being is accepting that (John Fowles Quotes) He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal (John Fowles Quotes) We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away (John Fowles Quotes) I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality (John Fowles Quotes) You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you’re going to paint. The most terrible bad form (John Fowles Quotes) I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry (John Fowles Quotes) Art’s cruel. You can get away with murder with words. But a picture is like a window straight through to your inmost heart (John Fowles Quotes) I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren’t ashamed of being dull and little (John Fowles Quotes) You put up with your voice and speak with it because you haven’t any choice. But it’s what you say that counts (John Fowles Quotes) There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wives; and others who are haunted by the knowledge that there are more attractive (John Fowles Quotes) Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society (John Fowles Quotes) I just think of things as beautiful or not. Can’t you understand? I don’t think of good or bad. Just of beautiful or ugly. I think a lot of nice things are ugly and a lot of nasty things are beautiful (John Fowles Quotes) People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth; it’s no wonder the poor things so rarely come up fresh and green (John Fowles Quotes) That’s the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance (John Fowles Quotes) Just those three words, said and meant. I love you. They were quite hopeless. He said it as he might have said, I have cancer. His fairy story (John Fowles Quotes) Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good (John Fowles Quotes) Do you know that every great thing in the history of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or has been caused by feelings that you would call nasty? By passion, by love, by hatred, by truth. Do you know that? (John Fowles Quotes) I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment (John Fowles Quotes) Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile: that what might not be, is (John Fowles Quotes) He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words (John Fowles Quotes) Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man is as a marooned sailor or hermit (John Fowles Quotes) The newspapers are full of what we would like to happen to us and what we hope will never happen to us (John Fowles Quotes) The price of tapping water into every house is that no one values water any more (John Fowles Quotes) It’s despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It’s despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It’s despair that so few of us care. It’s despair that there’s so much brutality and callousness in the world. It’s despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they’ve won a lot of money. And then do what you’ve done to me (John Fowles Quotes) The bowed head, the buried face. She is silent, she will never speak, never forgive, never reach a hand, never leave this frozen present tense. All waits, suspended. Suspended the autumn trees, the autumn sky, anonymous people. A blackbird, poor fool, sings out of season from the willows by the lake. A flight of pigeons over the houses; fragments of freedom, hazard, an anagram made flesh. And somewhere the stinging smell of burning leaves (John Fowles Quotes) Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and who accepts their training as the best possible training. Those who are most successful in the state are those who have the most interest in prolonging the state as it is; they are also those who have the most say in the educational system, and in particular by ensuring that the educational product they want is the most highly rewarded (John Fowles Quotes)

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