Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
E. M. FORSTERI have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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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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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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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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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
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I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore 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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