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E. M. Forster Quote: “The strong are so stupid.”

351. “The strong are so stupid.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Gray clouds were charging across tissues of white, which stretched and shredded and tore slowly, until through their final layers there gleamed a hint of the disappearing blue. Summer was retreating. The wind roared, the trees groaned, yet the noise seemed insufficient for those vast operations in heaven. The weather was breaking up, breaking, broken, and it is a sense of the fit rather than of the supernatural that equips such crises with the salvos of angelic artillery.”

352. “Gray clouds were charging across tissues of white, which stretched and shredded and tore slowly, until through their final layers there gleamed a hint of the disappearing blue. Summer was retreating. The wind roared, the trees groaned, yet the noise seemed insufficient for those vast operations in heaven. The weather was breaking up, breaking, broken, and it is a sense of the fit rather than of the supernatural that equips such crises with the salvos of angelic artillery.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through.”

353. “Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “I suppose I shall have to live now.”

354. “I suppose I shall have to live now.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.”

355. “Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna.”

356. “Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.”

357. “Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Characters must not brood too long. They must not waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides.”

358. “Characters must not brood too long. They must not waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.”

359. “There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Beautiful?” said Miss Bartlett, puzzled at the word. “Are not beauty and delicacy the same?”

360. “Beautiful?” said Miss Bartlett, puzzled at the word. “Are not beauty and delicacy the same?”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “The aims of battle and the fruits of conquest are never the same;.”

361. “The aims of battle and the fruits of conquest are never the same;.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That’s where we practical fellows’- he smiled-’are more tolerant than you intellectuals. We live and let live, and assume that things are jogging on fairly well elsewhere, and that the ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs.”

362. “One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That’s where we practical fellows’- he smiled-’are more tolerant than you intellectuals. We live and let live, and assume that things are jogging on fairly well elsewhere, and that the ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “The world is certainly full of beautiful things, if only I could come across them.”

363. “The world is certainly full of beautiful things, if only I could come across them.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “As is Man to the Universe, so was the mind of Mr. Wilcox to the minds of some men – a concentrated light upon a tiny spot, a little Ten Minutes moving self-contained through its appointed years. No Pagan he, who lives for the Now, and may be wiser than all philosophers. He lived for the five minutes that have past, and the five to come; he had the business mind.”

364. “As is Man to the Universe, so was the mind of Mr. Wilcox to the minds of some men – a concentrated light upon a tiny spot, a little Ten Minutes moving self-contained through its appointed years. No Pagan he, who lives for the Now, and may be wiser than all philosophers. He lived for the five minutes that have past, and the five to come; he had the business mind.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.”

365. “Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “I have always found writing pleasant and don’t understand what people mean by ‘throes of creation.’”

366. “I have always found writing pleasant and don’t understand what people mean by ‘throes of creation.’”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Your soul, dear Lucy! I hate the word now, because of all the cant with which superstition has wrapped it round. But we have souls, and I see you ruining yours. I cannot bear it.”

367. “Your soul, dear Lucy! I hate the word now, because of all the cant with which superstition has wrapped it round. But we have souls, and I see you ruining yours. I cannot bear it.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Life – No, I’ve nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.”

368. “Life – No, I’ve nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “I did not fear that I might tread upon a live rail and be killed. I feared something far more intangible-doing what was not contemplated by the Machine. Then I said to myself, “Man is the measure”, and I went, and after many visits I found an opening.”

369. “I did not fear that I might tread upon a live rail and be killed. I feared something far more intangible-doing what was not contemplated by the Machine. Then I said to myself, “Man is the measure”, and I went, and after many visits I found an opening.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror – on thethings that I might have avoided.”

370. “It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror – on thethings that I might have avoided.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.”

371. “The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs.”

372. “It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Human beings have their great chance in the novel.”

373. “Human beings have their great chance in the novel.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Belfastas uncivilised as ever – savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired.”

374. “Belfastas uncivilised as ever – savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “This desire to govern a woman – it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together... But I do love you surely in a better way than he does.” He thought. “Yes – really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms.”

375. “This desire to govern a woman – it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together... But I do love you surely in a better way than he does.” He thought. “Yes – really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “The Waves is an extraordinary achievement... It is trembling on the edge. A little less – and it would lose its poetry. A little more – and it would be over into the abyss, and be dull and arty. It is her greatest book.”

376. “The Waves is an extraordinary achievement... It is trembling on the edge. A little less – and it would lose its poetry. A little more – and it would be over into the abyss, and be dull and arty. It is her greatest book.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don’t know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.”

377. “All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don’t know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “The bully and the victim never quite forget their first relations.”

378. “The bully and the victim never quite forget their first relations.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Silence and loneliness cannot last for ever. It may be a hundred or a thousand years, but the sea lasts longer, and she shall come out of it and sing.”

379. “Silence and loneliness cannot last for ever. It may be a hundred or a thousand years, but the sea lasts longer, and she shall come out of it and sing.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.”

380. “She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.”

381. “Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Intuition attracts those who wish to be spiritual without any bother, because it promises a heaven where the intuitions of others can be ignored.”

382. “Intuition attracts those who wish to be spiritual without any bother, because it promises a heaven where the intuitions of others can be ignored.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Did you ever dream you had a friend, Alec? Someone to last your whole life and you his. I suppose such a thing can’t really happen outside sleep.”

383. “Did you ever dream you had a friend, Alec? Someone to last your whole life and you his. I suppose such a thing can’t really happen outside sleep.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “I really don’t know what happens next – one so seldom does.”

384. “I really don’t know what happens next – one so seldom does.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.”

385. “It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “He had awoken too late for happiness, but not for strength, and could feel an austere joy, as of a warrior who is homeless but stands fully armed.”

386. “He had awoken too late for happiness, but not for strength, and could feel an austere joy, as of a warrior who is homeless but stands fully armed.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Life had proved a blind alley, with a muck heap at the end of it, and he must cut back and start again.”

387. “Life had proved a blind alley, with a muck heap at the end of it, and he must cut back and start again.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “A thousand little civilities create tenderness in time.”

388. “A thousand little civilities create tenderness in time.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.”

389. “A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “And if insight were sufficient, if the inner life were the whole of life, their happiness has been assured.”

390. “And if insight were sufficient, if the inner life were the whole of life, their happiness has been assured.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Standing each by his monster, they looked at each other, and smiled.”

391. “Standing each by his monster, they looked at each other, and smiled.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “They have yielded to the only enemy that matters – the enemy within.”

392. “They have yielded to the only enemy that matters – the enemy within.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “A rebel she was, but not of the kind he understood – a rebel who desired, not a wider dwelling-room, but equality beside the man she loved. For Italy was offering her the most priceless of all possessions – her own soul.”

393. “A rebel she was, but not of the kind he understood – a rebel who desired, not a wider dwelling-room, but equality beside the man she loved. For Italy was offering her the most priceless of all possessions – her own soul.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “We reach in desperation beyond the fog, beyond the very stars, the voids of the universe are ransacked to justify the monster, and stamped with a human face. London is religions opportunity – not the decorous religion of theologians, but an anthropomorphic, crude. Yes, the continuous flow would be tolerable if a man of our own sort – not anyone pompous or tearful – were caring for us up in the sky.”

394. “We reach in desperation beyond the fog, beyond the very stars, the voids of the universe are ransacked to justify the monster, and stamped with a human face. London is religions opportunity – not the decorous religion of theologians, but an anthropomorphic, crude. Yes, the continuous flow would be tolerable if a man of our own sort – not anyone pompous or tearful – were caring for us up in the sky.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

395. “Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “You mustn’t put off what you think right,” said Hamidullah. “That is why India is in such a plight, because we put off things.”

396. “You mustn’t put off what you think right,” said Hamidullah. “That is why India is in such a plight, because we put off things.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Pity, if one can generalize, is at the bottom of woman. When men like us, it is for our better qualities, and however tender their liking, we dare not be unworthy of it, or they will quietly let us go. But unworthiness stimulates woman. It brings out her deeper nature, for good or for evil.”

397. “Pity, if one can generalize, is at the bottom of woman. When men like us, it is for our better qualities, and however tender their liking, we dare not be unworthy of it, or they will quietly let us go. But unworthiness stimulates woman. It brings out her deeper nature, for good or for evil.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Maurice hated cricket. It demanded a snickety neatness he could not supply.”

398. “Maurice hated cricket. It demanded a snickety neatness he could not supply.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “Reverence is fatal to literature.”

399. “Reverence is fatal to literature.”

— E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Quote: “They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.”

400. “They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.”

— E. M. Forster

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