# Quote — John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman

> Sometimes I almost pity them [other women]. I think I have a freedom they cannot understand. No insult, no blame, can touch me. Because I have set myself beyond the pale. I am nothing. I am hardly human any more. I am the French Lieutenant's Whore.

- Author: [John Fowles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles.md)
- Book: [The French Lieutenant's Woman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/the-french-lieutenants-woman.md)
- Page: 171
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Fowles#The_French_Lieutenant's_Woman_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/the-french-lieutenants-woman/sometimes-i-almost

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