Beautiful conventions received them--while beyond the barrier Maurice wandered, the wrong words on his lips, the wrong desires in his heart, and his arms full of air.
E.M. ForsterHe had awoken too late for happiness, but not for strength, and could feel an austere joy, as of a warrior who is homeless but stands fully armed.
E.M. ForsterMaurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.
E.M. ForsterTag: gay pride long-term-relationships
No, mother; no. She was really keen on Italy. This travel is quite a crisis for her.” He found the situation full of whimsical romance: there was something half attractive, half repellent in the thought of this vulgar woman journeying to places he loved and revered. Why should she not be transfigured? The same had happened to the Goths.
E.M. ForsterThey sowed the duller vegetables first, and a pleasant feeling of righteous fatigue stole over them as they addressed themselves to the peas.
E.M. ForsterTag: peas fatigue vegetables
Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to understanding one another.
E.M. ForsterThey cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.
E.M. ForsterLife never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
E.M. ForsterDon't go fighting against the Spring.
E.M. ForsterLife' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
E.M. ForsterTag: life metaphor violin 1908
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