# Quote — John Fowles, Daniel Martin

> I saw that this cataclysm must be an expiation for some barbarous crime of civilisation, some terrible human lie. What the lie was, I had too little knowledge of history to know then. I now know it was our believing that we were fulfilling some end, serving some plan, - that all would come out well in the end, because there was some great plan over all. Instead of the reality. There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.

- Author: [John Fowles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles.md)
- Book: [Daniel Martin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/daniel-martin.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/daniel-martin/i-saw-that-this

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