There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim, “I do enjoy myself”, or , “I am horrified,” we are insincere.
E. M. FORSTERWe must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine.
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I can only do what’s easy. I can only entice and be enticed. I can’t, and won’t, attempt difficult relations. If I marry it will either be a man who’s strong enough to boss me or whom I’m strong enough to boss.
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Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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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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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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We move between two darknesses.
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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.
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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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