32 quotes by E. M. Forster

“England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.”— E. M. Forster

“A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.”— E. M. Forster

“The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.”— E. M. Forster

“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.”— E. M. Forster

“One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.”— E. M. Forster

“One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.”— E. M. Forster

“Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.”— E. M. Forster