M. Forster
M. Forster
fear past freedom-of-speech
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
faith mind mental-health
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
vulgarity-is revealing-something literature
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
two personality tests
Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
eye people looks
Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
travel adventure sunshine
Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.
umpires shadow room-with-a-view
We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
queens kings grief
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
struggle lust together
Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.
love mean people
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
rubbish literature logic
Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
husband literature want
The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
cheer democracies-have two
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
howards-end glorious gates
Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown