M. Forster
M. Forster
sight firsts criminals
She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.
writing giving novel
A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.
may emotion endless
The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
literature reverence
Reverence is fatal to literature.
thoughtful men world
Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.
humanity horizon pursuit
They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.
thinking helping admire
I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
war mean self
There is fascism , leading only into the blackness which it has chosen as its symbol, into smartness and yapping out of orders,and self-righteous brutality, into social as well as international war. It means change without hope. Our immediate duty- in that tinkering which is the only useful form of action in our leaky old tub-our immediate duty is to stop it.
book night fire
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
victory aristocracy chaos
There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
writing thinking literature
How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
art men creative
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
book reading writing
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
history emotion certain
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.