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One degrades oneself sometimes in the effort not to be lonely.

One degrades oneself sometimes in the effort not to be lonely.

John Fowles
Lonely, Effort, Sometimes
2003 After a late night socializing. In The Journals: Volume1, 24 Dec 1950.

To despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.

John Fowles
Effort, Despise
John Fowles (1968). “The Magus”, Pan

I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.

John Fowles
Effort, Green, Cynicism
John Fowles (1968). “The Magus”, Pan

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