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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
E. M. Forster
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E. M. Forster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1879
Born: January 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 7
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Edward Morgan Forster
E Forster
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I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.
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They had nothing in common but the English language.
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The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment but it has chapters of clear and triumphant beauty, and above all it makes us wonder, what will he write next?
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Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along- especially the function of Love.
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