E. M. Forster Quotes

American women shoot the hippopotamus with eyebrows made of platinum. - E. M. Forster

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. - E. M. Forster

All men are equal - that is to say, who possess umbrellas. - 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

A Passage to India. - E. M. Forster

`Can you always tell whether a stranger is your friend?' `Yes.' `Then you are an Oriental.' - E. M. Forster

[The Englishman] has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks -- his pipe might fall out if he did. - E. M. Forster

. . . the crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind. - E. M. Forster

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