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Quotes from Aspects of the Novel — E. M. Forster

1879–1970 England

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If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious.

Aspects of the Novel (1927)

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

Aspects of the Novel (1927)

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. [...] The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due—she reminds us to much of a prima donna.

Aspects of the Novel (1927)

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.

Aspects of the Novel (1927)

As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one be a penny the stupider.

Aspects of the Novel (1927)

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