The Ebony Tower Quotations

The Ebony Tower by John Fowles consists of 5 short novels with interlacing themes, built around a medieval myth: The Ebony Tower, Eliduc, Poor Koko, The Enigma and The Cloud.

The Ebony Tower

Henry Breasley: Paint. Just paint. This is my advice. And leave the clever talk to the poor sods who can't.

The Enigma

The tender pragmatisms of flesh have poetries no enigma - human or divine - can deminish or demeanor. Indeed, it can only cause them, and then walk out.