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E. M. Forster

" The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot. "

Grief , Queen

related quotes

" One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. "

People , Trust

" Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. "

Universe , Art , Order

" What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. "

Man , Literature

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

Waiting

" We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand. "

Shadow

" We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. "

Praise , Censorship , Past , Present , Freedom

" Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another. "

Reason

" If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. "

Country , Hope

" A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. "

Nothing , Information

" Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed. "

Nothing , Information

" Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. "

Man , Death

" Love is always being given where it is not required. "

Love

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