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

Quote by E M Forster

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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

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...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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...

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

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

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

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.