John Fowles Quote

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.


The Magus (1966, revised 1977)


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.

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.

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.

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.