One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

Quote by E M Forster

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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.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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.

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 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...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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...

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...

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.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

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...

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.

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...

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

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.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.