I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

Quote by E M Forster

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No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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...

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...

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

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.

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...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

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.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

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...

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...

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.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...