I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.

Quote by E M Forster

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Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

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.

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.

No one is India.

No one is India.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

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...

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.

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.

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...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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...

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

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

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...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...