But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.

Quote by E M Forster

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It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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...

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 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.

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...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

No one is India.

No one is India.

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...

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.

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

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.