We move between two darknesses.
E. M. FORSTERDon’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It’s one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.
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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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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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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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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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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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