I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
E. M. FORSTERHow can I know what I think till I see what I say?
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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Outside the arch, always there seemed another arch. And beyond the remotest echo, a silence.
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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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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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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.
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Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
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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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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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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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