The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
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.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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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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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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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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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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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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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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