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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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The present flowed by them like a stream. The tree rustled. It had made music before they were born, and would continue after their deaths, but its song was of the moment. The moment had passed. The tree rustled again. Their senses were sharpened, and they seemed to apprehend life. Life passed. The tree rustled again.
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Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.
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If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting--both for us and for her.
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This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.
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Don't be mysterious there isn't the time.
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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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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As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent.
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They had nothing in common but the English language.
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god-not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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