M. Forster
M. Forster
remembered
When love flies it is remembered not as love but as something else.
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.
emotional civilization tolerance
The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
sympathy congratulations sincere
'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.
helping lord skepticism
Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.
integrity character class
Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics.
get-well soul secret
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
feelings spiders feels
There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider.
unusual grows understood
One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
obsession purity obsessed
Reformers who are obsessed with purity and cannot see that their obsession is impure.
queens marching-on appreciate
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot. It occurs through a suspension of the time-sequence; a mystery is a pocket in time, and it occurs crudely, as in "Why did the queen die?" and more subtly in half-explained gestures and words, the true meaning of which only dawns pages ahead. Mystery is essential to plot, and cannot be appreciated without intelligence. ... To appreciate a mystery, part of the mind must be left behind, brooding, while the other part goes marching on.
strength strong stupid
The strong are so stupid.
photography children passion
Even a fellow with a camera has his favourite subjects, as we can see looking through the Kodak-albums of our friends. One amateur prefers the family group, another bathing scenes, another cows upon an alp, or kittens held upside down in the arms of a black-faced child. The tendency to choose one subject rather than another indicates the photographer's temperament. Nevertheless, his passion is for photography rather than for selection, a kitten will serve when no cows are available...
mistake humility hypocrisy
Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.