"Liking other people is an illusion we have……" — John Fowles
"Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society."
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140 Quotes by John Fowles
John Fowles has 140 quotes on this site.
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There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It…
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To despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.
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Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
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Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and…
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The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised.
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On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach…
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Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile:…
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Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing…
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Always we try to put the wild in a cage.
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Like all mystics (and many novelists, not least the present one) he is baffled, a child, before the real now;…
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He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery…
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And I just can't live in this present. I would go mad if I did.
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More Cherish Quotes
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
— John Adams
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is…
— John Quincy Adams
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
— Wendell Berry
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
— Wendell Berry
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
— Barbara Bush
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the…
— Willa Cather
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this…
— Cesar Chavez
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The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not…
— Michael Chertoff
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I am poor and feeble, persecuted and vulnerable, Yeshua conquered me, and with the New Man he honored me, He…
— Daniel Zion
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With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but…
— James Crawford
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Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like…
— Louise Erdrich
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