There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“It's like living in the Arabian Nights. Being the favourite in the harem. But the one perfume you really want is freedom.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Love is the mistery between two people, not the identity. We were at the opposite poles of humanity. Lily was humanity bound… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“In spite of her superficial independence, her fundamental need was to cling. All her life was an attempt to disprove it; and… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Humour is a manifestation of freedom. It is because there is freedom that there is smile.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I almost pity them. I think I have a freedom they cannot understand. No insult, no blame can touch me. Because… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The sky is absolutely empty. Beautifully pure and empty. As if the architects and builders would live in all the houses they built! Or… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The evolution of human mentality has put us all in vitro now, behind the glass wall of our own ingenuity.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? — John Fowles Copy Share Image
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Long afterwards I realized why some men, racing drivers and their like, become addicted to speed. There are those of us who never see… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
