Ideas are fatal to caste.

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.

Sex begins before adolescence, and survives sterility; it is indeed coeval with our lives, although at the mating age its effects are more obvious to Society.

If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting--both for us and for her.

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

Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.

Even a fellow with a camera has his favourite subjects, as we can see looking through the Kodak-albums of our friends. One amateur prefers the family group, another bathing scenes, another cows upon an alp, or kittens held upside down in the arms of a black-faced child. The tendency to choose one subject rather than another indicates the photographer's temperament. Nevertheless, his passion is for photography rather than for selection, a kitten will serve when no cows are available.