Pathos, piety, courage, — they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. — E. M. Forster. English novelist and writer (1879–1970)
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?