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

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

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

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

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

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.

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

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.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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.

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

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...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

I'm going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books...

I'm going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.