Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
E. M. FORSTERYou 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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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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… there are shadows because there are hills.
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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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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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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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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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We move between two darknesses.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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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