438 Quotes by John Fowles

Only fools think our attitude to our fellow men is a thing distinct from our attitude to ‘lesser’ life on this planet.

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.

It’s like living in the Arabian Nights. Being the favourite in the harem. But the one perfume you really want is freedom.

The Choice Spare him till he dies. Torment him till he lives.

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.

He’s not human; he’s an empty space disguised as a human.

Because I don’t understand Him. Why He is, who He is, or how He is. And Maurice tells me I am quite intelligent. I think God must be very intelligent to be so much more intelligent than I am. To give me no clues. No certainties. No sights. No reasons. No motives.

If there is a God he’s a great loathsome spider in the darkness.

I would have gone to bed with him that night. If he had asked. If he had come and kissed me. Not for his sake, but for being alive’s.