At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes.

Quote by E M Forster

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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

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.

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...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

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.

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...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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.

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...

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...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

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.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

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...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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

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

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...