There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

Quote by E M Forster

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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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 must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

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

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

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.

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...

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

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

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

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...

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...

No one is India.

No one is India.

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...

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...

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...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

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...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

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...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.