...the true spirit of gastronomic joylessness. Porridge fills the Englishman up, and prunes clear him out.
E. M. ForsterHumility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.
E. M. ForsterI have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's.
E. M. ForsterWe cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
E. M. Forster