Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
God is not Love in the East. He is Power, although Mercy may temper it. — 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
Life - No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Italy is such a delightful place to live in if you happen to be a man. There one may enjoy that exquisite… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of… — 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
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