Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Quote by John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

Time is not a road - it is a room

Time is not a road - it is a room

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up...

I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up...