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 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
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
E. M. Forster
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
E. M. Forster
How do I know what I have to say wntil I see what I have said?
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 - 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 - as a small child