“But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.” Edward Morgan Forster
“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.” Edward Morgan Forster
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” Edward Morgan Forster
“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.” Edward Morgan Forster
“For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.” Edward Morgan Forster
“One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.” Edward Morgan Forster
