Belief Quote by E. M. Forster

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

Reverence is fatal to literature.

— E. M. Forster

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

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

— E. M. Forster

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

— E. M. Forster

Ah, but you see, I didn't want to be fair.

— E. M. Forster

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

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

A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.

— E. M. Forster

All men are equal — all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas.

— E. M. Forster

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

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life

— E. M. Forster