There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim, “I do enjoy myself”, or , “I am horrified,” we are insincere.
E. M. FORSTERScience is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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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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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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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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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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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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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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School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible.
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