We move between two darknesses.
E. M. FORSTERIt’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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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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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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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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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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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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There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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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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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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