"She stopped and leant her elbows against the……" — E. M. Forster
"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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350 Quotes by E. M. Forster
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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. . . For friendship implies individuality; whereas comradeship really implies the temporary subordination, if not the temporary swamping of…
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Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.
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