The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
E. M. FORSTERThe 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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Money pads the edges of things.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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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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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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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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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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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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