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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

E. M. Forster
Lying, Suffering, Atheism
E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”

This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms.

E. M. Forster
Lying, Love You, Fighting
Gabrielle Vigot, Monica Corwin, Pan Zador, Coco Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas (2015). “Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics”, p.1475, Simon and Schuster

Don't believe those lies about intellectual people. They're only written to soothe the majority.

E. M. Forster
Lying, Believe, People
E. M. Forster (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)”, p.267, Delphi Classics

The crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.

E. M. Forster
Suicide, Lying, Feelings
E. M. Forster (2016). “Howards End: England Literature”, p.275, 谷月社

I think - I think - I think how little they think what lies so near them.

E. M. Forster
Lying, Thinking, Littles
E.M. Forster (2012). “A Room with a View”, p.49, Courier Corporation

A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver in other words, when it acquires new sensitiveness; and the novel's success lies in its own sensitiveness, not in the success of its subject matter.

E. M. Forster
Lying, Mirrors, Historical
E. M. Forster (2010). “Aspects of the Novel”, p.38, RosettaBooks

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