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

Quote by E M Forster

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Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.