E. M. Forster1879–1970The quotations of
E. M. Forster
English novelist
1879–1970
29 quotes, most often on Love, Life & Death and Philosophy.
- Two Cheers for Democracy (1951), “George and Gide”
- A Passage to India (1924), Ch. 3In context
- Commonplace Book (1985), p. 11
- Commonplace Book (1985), p. 50
- What I Believe (1938)
- Selected Letters (1983-1985), Letter 216, to Florence Barger, 11 February 1922
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
What I Believe (1938)Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us.
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), Ch. 2If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious.
Aspects of the Novel (1927), Chapter Three: PeopleThink before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think is creation’s.
Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
What I Believe (1938)- Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
- Two Cheers for Democracy (1951), “Anonymity: An Enquiry”
It is so difficult—at least, I find it difficult—to understand people who speak the truth.
A Room with a View (1908), Part One, Chapter IIn contextBy the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes—a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
A Room with a View (1908), Part One, Chapter IIIn context
