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.
E. M. FORSTERMost of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence.
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The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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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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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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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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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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It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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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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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.
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It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
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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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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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