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.
E. M. FORSTERGive, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
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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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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
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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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We move between two darknesses.
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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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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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