Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety. E. M. Forster diphtheriainfectiouspaganism Change image and share on social
Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. E. M. Forster classexpressgood Change image and share on social
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it. E. M. Forster booklongoverpraise Change image and share on social
What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. E. M. Forster conditiongreatliterature Change image and share on social
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. E. M. Forster faithmentalmind Change image and share on social
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define. E. M. Forster affectiondefinefinal Change image and share on social
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. E. M. Forster creativegreatrepresent Change image and share on social
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable. E. M. Forster evilgoodnessmake Change image and share on social
People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness. E. M. Forster deathdifferlive Change image and share on social
