What did John Fowles mean by: No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience. - John Fowles Writer Copy
+ Art is a statement of one in the face of all; not a statement by one for the use of all. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Art, Faces, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Novelists, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Century, Misery, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Goes On, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ Between skin and skin, there is only light. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 24, 2023, John Fowles, Light, Skins, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Cherish, Illusion, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Forget, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ One degrades oneself sometimes in the effort not to be lonely. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Effort, Lonely, 0 - John Fowles Writer
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don’t play games. - Jeanne Phillips Columnist