English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

John Fowles Quotes

I did not pray for her, because prayer has no efficacy; I did not cry for her, or for myself, because only extroverts cry twice; but I sat in the silence of that night, that infinite hostility to man, to permanence, to love, remembering her, remembering her.

John Fowles

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

My main mission when I became Prime Minister, was to keep Singapore going and Singapore has been kept going. So, I'm happy with what I've done for Singapore. Goh Chok Tong
Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh - felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. Tom Robbins
At the top of a hill our automobile stuck in a snowdrift. Peasants ran out of a cottage near by, shouting with laughter because machinery had made a fool of itself, and dug out the automobile with incredible rapidity. They were doubtless anxious to get back and tell a horse about it. Rebecca West
Restricting access to such a basic health care service, which 99% of sexually experienced American women have used and 62% of American women are using right now, is out of touch with public sentiment. Sandra Fluke
I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people. Grandma Moses
Mark Twain quote: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they..."
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain
Evan Parker quote: "I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being..."
I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments. Evan Parker
Horace Walpole quote: "The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to..."
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. Horace Walpole
Al Yankovic quote: "So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat..."
So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by. Al Yankovic
Judy Blume quote: "I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life."
I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life. Judy Blume
I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired. Steven Morrissey
Edward R. Murrow quote: "Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and..."
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. Edward R. Murrow
Peter Falk quote: "I'm just looking to get through the day."
I'm just looking to get through the day. Peter Falk
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers. Marlee Matlin
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens