She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship.
E. M. FORSTEROne of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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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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I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.
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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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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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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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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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… there are shadows because there are hills.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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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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Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
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