But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
E. M. FORSTERRailway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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I can only do what’s easy. I can only entice and be enticed. I can’t, and won’t, attempt difficult relations. If I marry it will either be a man who’s strong enough to boss me or whom I’m strong enough to boss.
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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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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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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So I shan’t ever marry, for there aren’t such men. And Heaven help any one whom I do marry, for I shall certainly run away from him before you can say ‘Jack Robinson.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
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