We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. — E. M. Forster. English novelist and writer (1879–1970)
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.
Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?
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.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.