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John Fowles [1926-2005] English

Rank: 110
Novelist

John Robert Fowles was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.

Intelligence, Nature, Poetry

Quote	Tags	Rank
The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.		101
In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.		102
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.	Poetry	103
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.	Nature	104
There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.	Intelligence	105
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.		106
There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.		107
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.		108
Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.		109
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.		110
There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.		111
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.		112
An answer is always a form of death.		113
The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.		114
I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.		115
Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.		116

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