Because they died, we know we still live. Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile: that what might not be, is.

John Fowles
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More Quotes By John Fowles
  1. Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the king, told him that such things did not...

  2. When you draw something it lives and when you photograph it it dies

  3. Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?'' For fun?'' Fun! ' He pounced on the word. 'Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction.

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

  5. I don't believe in God. And I certainly don't feel chosen."" I think you may be." I smiled dubiously. "Thank you."" It is not meant as a compliment. Hazard makes you elect. You cannot elect yourself.

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