Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.
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I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always does to war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go to war, but men. It is like salt. Once one has been to war, one has salt for the rest of one's life. Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women from laughing at them.John Fowles
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
John Fowles
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.
John Fowles
The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.
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There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.
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Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man is as a marooned sailor or hermit.
John Fowles
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