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. FORSTERYou confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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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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We move between two darknesses.
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Don’t begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed.
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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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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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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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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.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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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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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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