A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong . — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Self-pity ? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
One can run away from women, turn them out, or give in to them. No fourth course. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for It will probably be interesting, and it is sure… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Before the civil war, Pottibakia was a normal member of the Comity of Nations. She erected tariff walls, broke treaties, persecuted minorities, obstructed at… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
