690 Quotes by E. M. Forster

They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood.

One. Margaret’s own faith held firm. She knew the human soul will be merged, if it be merged at all, with the stars and the sea.

They chose to regard it as a miraculous preservation.

It is the little things one bungles at. The big, real ones are nothing when they come.

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.

It is not rubbish! It is the part of people that you do not understand.

How indeed is it possible for one human being to be sorry for all the sadness that meets him on the face of the earth, for the pain that is endured not only by men, but by animals and plants, and perhaps by the stones? The soul is tired in a moment, and in fear of losing the little she does understand, she retreats to the permanent lines which habit or chance have dictated, and suffers there.

I believed in a return to Nature once. But how can we return to Nature when we have never been with her? Today, I believe that we must discover Nature. After many conquests we shall attain simplicity. It is our heritage.

If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run.