“...The conversation had become unreal since Christianity had entered it. Ronny approved of religion as long as it endorsed the National Anthem,… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Petty unselfishness,” she repeated. “I had got an idea that every one here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“I only know what it is that's wrong with him; not why it is." And what is it?" asked Lucy fearfully, expecting… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“There is no harm in deceiving society as long as she does not find you out, because it is only when she… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“We know that we come from the winds, and that we shall return to them; that all life is perhaps a knot,… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“And the goblins--they had not really been there at all? They were only the phantoms of cowardice and unbelief? One healthy human… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Indeed, he was sensitive rather than responsive. In every remark he found a meaning, but not always the true meaning, and his… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Those who prepare for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themsleves at the expense of joy.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“In his ordinary voice, so that she scarcely realized he was quoting poetry, he said: "'From far, from eve and morning, And… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish tother from which.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Don’t you think there are two great things in life that we ought to aim at—truth and kindness? Let’s have both if… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Miss Abbott, don't worry over me. Some people are born not to do things. I'm one of them.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“For life is practically a battle. To all intents and purposes a battle. Except for a few lucky fellows who can read… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Does it seem reasonable that she should play so wonderfully, and live so quietly? I suspect that one day she will be… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The stories of Harmonius and Aristogeiton, of Phaedrus of the Theban Band were well enough for those whose hearts were empty, but… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“They had tried to reproduce their own attitude to life upon the stage, and to dress up as the middle-class English people they actually… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“I believe in aristocracy, though -- if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power,… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Oh, what's the use of your fairmindedness if you never decide for yourself? Anyone gets hold of you and makes you do what they… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“You mean that a Frenchman could share with a friend and yet not go to prison?’ ‘Share? Do you mean unite? If both are… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Margaret realized the chaotic nature of our daily life, and its difference from the orderly sequence that has been fabricated by historians. Actual life… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“He whispered: ‘Is it this? Is this possible? I’ll put a marvel to you. That your cousin has always hoped. That from the very… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Perhaps anything that he did would have pleased Lucy, but his awkwardness went straight to her heart.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Because a thing is going strong now, it need not go strong for ever,' she said. 'This craze for motion has only set in… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“England was alive, throbbing through all her estuaries, crying for joy through the mouths of all her gulls, and the north wind, with contrary… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
