Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love. E. M. Forster lovelustsentimentality 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
America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. E. M. Forster americafindinterest 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
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. E. M. Forster artinternalmaterial Change image and share on social
Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety. E. M. Forster diphtheriainfectiouspaganism Change image and share on social
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys. E. M. Forster buyevilmoney Change image and share on social
