At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
E. M. FORSTERThe emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?
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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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… there are shadows because there are hills.
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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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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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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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