John Fowles The French Lieutenant Woman Quotes

#1. All would be well when she was truly his; in his bed and in his bank ... and of course in his heart, too.

John Fowles

#2. Sex with an ex
Is it ever really painless or just inviting stress?
I mean, really
Who does that?
Oh wait, I'm sure if they could, most everyone would ...

Natasha Ramsey

#3. When I hear about some sensational new writer I sort of think, Shut up ... you've got to be around for a long time before you can really say you're a writer. You've got to stand the test of time, which is the only real test there is.

Martin Amis

#4. I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league.

Kevin McCloud

#5. It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream.

Paulo Coelho

#6. ...and his eyes had that splendid innocence, that opaque blue candour of the satanically fallen. ~ The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles

#7. I think a lot of people were under the impression that property development was a way of becoming a millionaire in six months, while doing nothing, and I don't think that's the case. And I'm not sure it ever has been, really.

Sarah Beeny

#8. I know that the writer does call up the general and maybe the essential through the particular, but this general and essential is still deeply embedded in mystery. It is not answerable to any of our formulas.

Flannery O'Connor

#9. But as I say, if you look to the state of their souls you'll find the situation nowhere near as grave as polls suggest. There's more to being a servant of The Adversary than signing up.

Geoffrey Wood

#10. I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all.

Joan Juliet Buck

#11. I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

Margaret Atwood

#12. Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Cornel West