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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Dignity
Edward M. Forster

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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
Writers and Writing
Edward M. Forster

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Death destroys a man, the idea of Death saves him.
Death and Dying
Edward M. Forster

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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
Thoughts and Thinking
Edward M. Forster

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Ideas are fatal to caste.
Ideas
Edward M. Forster

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Life -- No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.
Life and Living
Edward M. Forster

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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
Logic
Edward M. Forster

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Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Skepticism
Edward M. Forster

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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
Books - Reading
Edward M. Forster

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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Education
Edward M. Forster

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The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.
Organization
Edward M. Forster

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Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
Democracy
Edward M. Forster

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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Memory
Edward M. Forster

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun