Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Quote by E M Forster

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Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.