“ Lucy's Sabbath was generally of this amphibious nature. She kept it without hypocrisy in the morning, and broke it without reluctance in the afternoon. E. M. Forster
“ A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster
“ Society is invincible—to a certain degree. But your real life is your own, and nothing can touch it. There is no power on earth that can prevent your criticizing and despising mediocrity—nothing that… E. M. Forster
“ Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have all issued through the pipes of Greece. Deep and true as… E. M. Forster
“ To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. E. M. Forster
“ What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. E. M. Forster
“ Don't believe those lies about intellectual people. They're only written to soothe the majority. E. M. Forster
“ Chicago - a facade of skyscrapers facing a lake and behind the facade every type of dubiousness. E. M. Forster
“ In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns… E. M. Forster
