When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.
E. M. FORSTERThe people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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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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The 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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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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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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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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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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