Poetry Quote by John Fowles — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?'”

““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 exist. As there were no princesses or islands in his father's domains, and no sign of God, the young prince believed his father.”

“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 exist. As there were no princesses or islands in his father's domains, and no sign of God, the young prince believed his father.”

“To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.”

“Death starves us of life. So we learn to fabricate our own immortalities.”

“I know how you feel because I’ve been there too. I’ve hated and I’ve loved. I’ve seen my demons root and crawl and my angels branch and soar. I've died within myself and lived a thousand different lives. I too fight the same war and I too am drowning in the puddles of self-consciousness this world created.”

“If I could I would nail these hands to the edges of stars. I would sacrifice this body to the sky hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you.”

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen,”

“She lends her pen,”

“Our two souls therefore, which are one,”

“When Hitler marched”