Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
E. M. FORSTERThink before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
E. M. FORSTERLife is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
E. M. FORSTERI won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
E. M. FORSTERI believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
E. M. FORSTERWhen you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
E. M. FORSTEROne person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
E. M. FORSTER… there are shadows because there are hills.
E. M. FORSTERFor it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.
E. M. FORSTERYou confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
E. M. FORSTERI 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.
E. M. FORSTERAt night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
E. M. FORSTERDon’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
E. M. FORSTERThe kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
E. M. FORSTERI would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
E. M. FORSTEROne must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
E. M. FORSTERWhat is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
E. M. FORSTER