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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?
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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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.
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The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
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Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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