"Fortunately, there is more to life than death. There is for one thing, fiction. A thousand thousand characters to be sent marching out into the world to divert time from its forward gallop to the terrible horizon."

Fay Weldon Literature See all quotes by Fay Weldon →

React to this quote

More by Fay Weldon

“Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you’re not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.”

“Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a lot of burgeoning goes on.”

“I like sex. I've had feedback but men will feed you back anything, won't they?”

“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”

“I wonder if my shrink was a woman not a man I'd be in a better or worse state?”

“Go to work on an egg.”

Resonant Thoughts

"At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that; all other studies bring us back to this study."

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Philosophy1821–1881

#life

"Islam looks like a religion but in reality it is a dangerous totalitarian ideology which wants to bring the whole world under Shariah law. Islam means submission ... It's either submit or die and I su…"

— Geert Wilders

Politics1963

#life

"He could do well in politics since he's a fire sign - they fire straight from the shoulder! But he can make enemies in the process, so he should avoid it." He could focus on charity work instead. Rajn…"

— Rajinikanth

Entertainment1950

#life

"In most instances, affectionate relatives and kind friends would wish to prolong the existence of the individual who has reached that age; but if we look at the happiness of mankind in general, we sha…"

— Robert Chambers (publisher

#life