Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Quote by E M Forster

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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

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.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

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...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

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.

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

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...

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear...

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear...

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.