The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
E. M. FORSTERSo I shan’t ever marry, for there aren’t such men. And Heaven help any one whom I do marry, for I shall certainly run away from him before you can say ‘Jack Robinson.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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We move between two darknesses.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
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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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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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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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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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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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