E. M. Forster Quotes about Giving

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Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

E. M. Forster

Life And Love, Giving, Want

E. M. Forster (2010). “A Passage to India”, p.25, RosettaBooks

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

E. M. Forster

Giving, After Death

E. M. Forster (2010). “A Passage to India”, p.37, RosettaBooks

One can run away from women, turn them out, or give in to them. No fourth course.

E. M. Forster

Running, Giving, Turns

E. M. Forster (1987). “Commonplace Book”, p.92, Stanford University Press

A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.

E. M. Forster

Writing, Giving, Novel

Tolerance is just a makeshift, suitable for an overcrowded and overheated planet. It carries on when love gives out, and love generally gives out as soon as we move away from our home and our friends.

E. M. Forster

Moving, Home, Giving

E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”

Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along.

E. M. Forster

Pain, Giving, Publicity