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I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.
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
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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 then 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.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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But after all, what have we to do with taverns? Real menace belongs to the drawing-room.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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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.
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