Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

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...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

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.

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...

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...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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...

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...

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.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

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.

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.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...