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I'm only happy when I forget to exist. When just my eyes or my ears or my skin exist.

I’m only happy when I forget to exist. When just my eyes or my ears or my skin exist.
– John Fowles

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  25. The power of women! I’ve never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. – John Fowles
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  39. I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment. – John Fowles
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