“Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because they imagine it is the only thing that stops women laughing at them. In it they can reduce women to the status of objects. That is the great distinction… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share
“There had always been a conflict in me between mystery and meaning. I had pursued tha latter, worshipped the latter as a doctor. As a socialist and rationalist. But then I saw that the attempt to scientize reality, to name… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because they imagine it is the only thing that stops women laughing at them. In it they can reduce women to the status of objects. That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see relationships between objects. Whether the objects need each other, love each other,… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share
“What had always attracted me in the opposite sex was what they tried to hide, what provoked all the metaphorical equivalents of seducing them… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“Victims?" "Whatever you call people who are made to suffer without being given the choice." "That sounds like an excellent definition of man.” — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“Utram bibis? Aquam an undam? What are you drinking? The water or the wave?” — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“There had always been a conflict in me between mystery and meaning. I had pursued tha latter, worshipped the latter as a doctor. As… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“I know what it's like when people go away. It's agony for a week, then painful for a week, then you begin to forget,… — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“It's like being halfway through the book. I can't just throw it in the dustbin.” — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
“Ever read this?" "Let's cut corners. To hell with literature. You're clever and I'm beautiful. Now let's talk about who we really are.” — John Fowles The Magus Copy Share Image
