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John Fowles was an English novelist known for his unique narrative techniques and profound psychological insights. His works often explore themes of human nature, morality, and existentialism, with 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' and 'The Magus' being his most famous works.

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“Though one can accept, and still not forgive; and one can decide, and still not enact the decision.”

Choices Acceptance Forgiveness Decisions The Magus John Fowles

Book:The Magus

Source: The Magus

“I had got away from what I hated, but I hadn’t found where I loved, and so I pretended that there was nowhere to love.”

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“When you love me, it’s as if God forgave me for being the mess I am.”

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“The battle was over. Our causalities were some thirteen thousand killed. Thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes- because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself- and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud.”

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“Let those love now who've never loved; let those who've loved, love yet again.”

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“Bir budalanın düştüğü yüksekliğin öfkesiyle ölçüldüğünü biliyordum.”

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“I don't want to live any more. I spend most of my life not wanting to live. The only place I am happy is here where we're being taught, and I have to think of something else, or reading books, or in the cinema. Or in bed. I'm only happy when I forget to exist. When just my eyes or my ears or my skin exist. I can't remember having been happy for two or three years. Since the abortion. All I can remember is forcing myself sometimes to look happy so if I catch sight of my face in the mirror I might kid myself for a moment I really am happy.”

Book:The Magus

Source: The Magus

“The maze has no centre. An ending is no more than a point in sequence, a snip of the cutting shears.”

Lost Ending Maze The Magus John Fowles

Book:The Magus

Source: The Magus

About the Author

Born: March 31, 1926
Died: November 5, 2005
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 257

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