Quotes of John Fowles

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Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

- John Fowles

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“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ Changing a Habit is Never Difficult. Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it ”

- Vineet Raj Kapoor

“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ Those who ignore the rise of evil and depravity in a democracy, grant tacit license of acceptance and draw harm upon the vulnerable. When someone has altered our course without consent, we must engage to restore our path. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi