“ School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and… E.M. Forster
“ This constant reference to genius is another characteristic of the pseudo-scholar. He loves mentioning genius, because the sound of the word exempts him from discovering its meaning. E.M. Forster
“ It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think that a thousand square miles are a thousand times more wonderful than one square mile, and that a million square miles are almost th… E.M. Forster
“ You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish—not sit intending on a chair. E.M. Forster
“ They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood. E.M. Forster
“ And the triviality faded from their faces, though it left something behind -- the knowledge that they could never be parted because their love was rooted in common things. E.M. Forster
“ Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along. E.M. Forster
“ The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the Machine is omnipotent, eternal; blessed is the Machine. E.M. Forster
“ How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build are only retreats, their quarrels the malaise of men who cann… E.M. Forster
“ For the dead, who seem to take away so much, really take with them nothing that is ours. E.M. Forster
“ But they did not chatter much, for the boy, when he liked a person, would as soon sit silent in his company as speak. E.M. Forster
“ A slow nature such as Maurice's appears insensitive, for it needs time even to feel. Its instinct is to assume that nothing either for good or evil has happened, and to resist the invader. Once grippe… E.M. Forster
“ Nothing ever happens to me, " she reflected..... An older person at such an hour and in such a place might think that sufficient was happening to him, and rest content. Lucy desired more. E.M. Forster
“ They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to… E.M. Forster
“ The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empy… E.M. Forster
“ The issues Miss Quested had raised were so much more important than she was herself that people inevitably forgot her. E.M. Forster
