We move between two darknesses.
E. M. FORSTERAdventures do occur, but not punctually.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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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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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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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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Don’t begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed.
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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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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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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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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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