Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence.
E. M. FORSTERMy conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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It is easy to sympathize at a distance,’ said an old gentleman with a beard. ‘I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.
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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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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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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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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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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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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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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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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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… there are shadows because there are hills.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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