M. Forster
M. Forster
book littles path
The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
people society literature
The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
book way discovering
Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.
world kingdoms music-is
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
heart men way
Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “...There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
fashion clothes deep-life
Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
believe caring people
I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.
love romantic romance
It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
greatness men blood
I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
beauty literature connections
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
believe soul gains
My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
mother war grateful
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
friendship trust real-friends
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
friendship country cheating
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.