Money pads the edges of things.
E. M. FORSTERTo make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look clean though they are not; with a painted ceiling whereon pink griffins and blue amorini sport in a forest of yellow violins and bassoons.
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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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.
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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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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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.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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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 cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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