Reverence is fatal to literature.

Quote by E M Forster

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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

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.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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...

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.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

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...

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.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust...

The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust...

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....