“The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night?” 

― John Fowles, The Magus

“There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.” 

― John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman

“You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.” 

― John Fowles, The Magus

“We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.” 

― John Fowles, The Collector

“I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren't ashamed of being dull and little.” 

― John Fowles, The Collector