The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.
John Fowles
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.
John Fowles
In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.
John Fowles
There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.
John Fowles
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
John Fowles
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.