438 Quotes by John Fowles

The evolution of human mentality has put us all in vitro now, behind the glass wall of our own ingenuity.

And I envy you. You have the one thing that matters. You have all your discoveries before you.

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.

In spite of her superficial independence, her fundamental need was to cling.All her life was an attempt to disprove it; and so proved it. She was like a sea anemone -- had only to be touched once to adhere to what touched her.

Oh,clever... what's the use of that? Are they human beings?

I am weak.But ashamed of your weakness.What good could my strength bring to the world?

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being.

I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm not. I clear my throat to show myself that everything is normal. It's like the little Japanese girl they found in the ruins of Hiroshima. Everything dead; and she was singing to her doll.

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