Friday, January 1, 2010

Meandering about . . .

Today is the birthday of Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), writer. He is best known as E. M. Forster author of the 1924 novel, A Passage to India.

"At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes." - E. M. Forster

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars." - E. M. Forster

"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

"Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice." - E. M. Forster

"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." - E. M. Forster

"We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand." - E. M. Forster

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