"Alive. Alive in the way that death is…" — John Fowles

"Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive."

— John Fowles

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140 Quotes by John Fowles

John Fowles has 140 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It…
To despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and…
The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised.
On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach…
Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile:…
Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing…
Always we try to put the wild in a cage.
Like all mystics (and many novelists, not least the present one) he is baffled, a child, before the real now;…
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery…
And I just can't live in this present. I would go mad if I did.

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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,… — Marcus Aurelius
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up… — Michele Bachmann
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful… — Travis Barker
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then… — Roseanne Barr
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I… — Roseanne Barr

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