E. M. Forster Quotes

E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
Born: Jan 1, 1879
Died: Jun 7, 1970
Good Life Love Man Nothing People
Related authors: Aldous Huxley Charles Dickens Emily Bronte J. R. R. Tolkien Thomas Hardy William Golding William Makepeace Thackeray
Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna. E. M. Forster
Best Suits Too Much Face Beauty Too Ought Emotion Prima Reminds Look She Accepts Does Due Surprised Little Us Much Who Her Position
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. E. M. Forster
Good World Luck Good Luck Safe None Line Children Us Much Playing
We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next. E. M. Forster
Husband Like Know Want Happens Next
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. E. M. Forster
Truth Emotions Own Nothing Certain
The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme. E. M. Forster
Destruction Countryside Genuine Tragic Theme English English Countryside Growth
Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety. E. M. Forster
More Piety Infectious Than Paganism
Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes. E. M. Forster
Freedom Eyes People Only Allowed Look Practise Been Who Grown-Up
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable. E. M. Forster
Evil Goodness Sense Only Writer Make Who
No one is India. E. M. Forster
India No-One
One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves. E. M. Forster
Insist Classes Discomfort Still Expense Middle Children Themselves Much Why
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch. E. M. Forster
Man Seek Touch Objects Poetry Sort Resides
Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another. E. M. Forster
Extra Liking Another Person Reason
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. E. M. Forster
Nature Human Nature Accept Always Been Human England
No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour. E. M. Forster
Man Sense Humour Agnostic Who
Nonsense and beauty have close connections. E. M. Forster
Beauty Nonsense Close Connections
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