18 September 2012

The Magus ...


... is a novel by John Fowles set in a magical remote Greek Island, with Nicolas being slowly caught up in a never-ending psychological games of changing identity and reality ... It is a minefield for quotes, but here are a few which spoke to me ... 

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.