Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster British novelist (1879 - 1970)


E. M. Forster - "A Room with a View"
- Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?

E. M. Forster -
- But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.

E. M. Forster - as a small child
- I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

E. M. Forster - Howards End
- The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.

E. M. Forster - A Passage to India, 1924
- Pathos, piety, courage, ? they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

E. M. Forster - Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
- If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

E. M. Forster -
- How do I know what I have to say wntil I see what I have said?

E. M. Forster - Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
- I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

E. M. Forster -
- We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.