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Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive.
John Fowles
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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
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Being an atheist is a matter not of moral choice, but of human obligation.
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If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence.
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All pasts are like poems one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them.
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If you want to be true to life, start lying about it
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Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.
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Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good.
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Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.
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The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.
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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.
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