Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Quote by John Fowles

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The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

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,...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

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...

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Time is not a road - it is a room

Time is not a road - it is a room

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.

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

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...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to...

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to...