How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
E. M. FORSTERHave you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.
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The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.
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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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Don’t begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed.
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Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we’re still no nearer to understanding one another.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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