I only wish the poets would say this too: love is of the bo… - E. M. Forster

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I only wish the poets would say this too: love is of the body; not the body, but of the the body. Ah! the misery that would be saved if we confessed that! Ah! for a little directness to liberate the soul!

E. M. Forster

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Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 July 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist.

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Birth Name: Edward Morgan Forster

Alternative Names: EM Forster • E Forster • Edward Forster

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