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“I think we are just insects, we live a bit and then die and that’s the lot. There’s no mercy in things. There’s not even a Great Beyond. There’s nothing.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“The ordinary man is the curse of civilization.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“It is me. I am his madness. For years he's been looking for something to put his madness into. And he found me.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“He's not human; he's an empty space disguised as a human.”
― John Fowles, The Collector