E. M. Forster Quotes

"It makes a difference doesn't it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?" ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marvelling how he has escaped us. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster This solitude oppressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster "Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them." ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster There are shadows because there are hills. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster "'Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.'" ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice. ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster "I do love you surely in a better way than he does." He thought. "Yes—really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms." ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster