Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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The sort of poetry I seek only resides in objects Man can’t touch – like England ‘s grass network of lanes 100 years ago, but today he can destroy them and only Lord Farrer keeps him from doing it.
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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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Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.
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I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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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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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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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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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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You 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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