How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
E. M. FORSTERAt night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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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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When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.
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The historian records, but the novelist creates.
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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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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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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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Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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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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Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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