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.
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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You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish – not sit intending on a chair.
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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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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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Outside the arch, always there seemed another arch. And beyond the remotest echo, a silence.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
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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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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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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, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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It is easy to sympathize at a distance,’ said an old gentleman with a beard. ‘I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.
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