The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
E. M. FORSTERSpoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.
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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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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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Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.
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The sort of poetry I seek only resides in objects Man can’t touch – like England ‘s grass network of lanes 100 years ago, but today he can destroy them and only Lord Farrer keeps him from doing it.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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We move between two darknesses.
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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