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.
E. M. FORSTERWhat is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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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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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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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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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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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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There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
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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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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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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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We move between two darknesses.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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