By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E. M. Forster More Quotes by E. M. Forster More Quotes From E. M. Forster It makes a difference doesn't it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others? E. M. Forster making-a-differencedifferencesfence The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express. E. M. Forster endlessemotionmay Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible. I dislike the stuff. I do not believe in it, for its own sake, at all... My lawgivers are Erasmus and Montaigne, not Moses and St Paul. My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is 'Lord, I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief. E. M. Forster atheistmindbelieve Nonsense and beauty have close connections. E. M. Forster connectionsliteraturebeauty At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. E. M. Forster firenightbook My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it. E. M. Forster gainssoulbelieve Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes. E. M. Forster deep-lifeclothesfashion What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? E. M. Forster starstreewind The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul. E. M. Forster honestysoulmen A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster poetryliteraturetogether The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. E. M. Forster gonelittlesbook The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal. E. M. Forster societyliteraturepeople There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. E. M. Forster aristocracychaosvictory Adventures do occur, but not punctually. E. M. Forster muddleadventure For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone. E. M. Forster serious-thingsintimatebelieve Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E. M. Forster educationrunninginspirational Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. E. M. Forster readinglongbook Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice. E. M. Forster literaturepracticelife-is Like all her friends, I miss her greatly...But...I am sure there is no case for lamentation...Virginia Woolf got through an immense amount of work, she gave acute pleasure in new ways, she pushed the light of the English language a little further against darkness. Those are facts. E. M. Forster virginialightmissing Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another. E. M. Forster literatureliking-someonereason
