All pasts are like poems; one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them. John Fowles More Quotes by John Fowles More Quotes From John Fowles The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating a totally lifeless, as it is leafless, garden. John Fowles creating garden writing Which are you drinking? The water or the wave? John Fowles excellence drinking water Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self. John Fowles adulthood self age Only fools think our attitude to our fellow men is a thing distinct from our attitude to 'lesser' life on this planet. John Fowles equality attitude life That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women seetherelationship between objects? It is an extra dimension of feeling which we men are without and one that makes war abhorrent to all real women?and absurd. John Fowles real war sex I think it is interesting that we have come back to star- and space ships. Jet will do for a transport shorthand; yet when man really reaches, across the vast seas of space, he still reaches in ships. John Fowles stars men thinking I knew words were like chains, they held me back . . . the act of description taints the description. John Fowles description chains In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters. John Fowles essence winter civilization The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time. John Fowles lack-of-time misery century Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. John Fowles paradox passion want One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true John Fowles opposites rose order That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects. John Fowles distinction men sex Edith Sitwell's interest in art was largely confined to portraits of herself. John Fowles portraits interest art Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time. John Fowles music creative art Hazard has conditioned us to live in hazard. All our pleasures are dependent on it. Even though I arrange for a pleasure, and look forward to it, my eventual enjoyment of it is still a matter of hazard. Wherever time passes, there is hazard. John Fowles hazards may looks He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. John Fowles dark writing civilization It was too exactly as imagined to be true. But I felt as gladly and expectantly disorientated, as happily and alertly alone, as Alice in Wonderland. John Fowles wonderland being-true felt He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal. John Fowles ironic stupid men I mean I never feel I feel what I ought to feel. John Fowles ought feels mean An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern. John Fowles generalization aphorism modern
