"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 than he doe… - E. M. Forster
"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 than 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."
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E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 July 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist.
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
"And Aziz in an awful rage danced this way and that, not knowing what to do, and cried: "Down with the English anyhow. That's certain. Clear out, you fellows, double quick, I say. We may hate one another, but we hate you most. If I don't make you go, Ahmed will, Karim will, if it's flfty-flve hundred years we shall get rid of you, yes, we shall drive every blasted Englishman into the sea, and then " — he rode against him furiously — "and then," he concluded, half kissing him, "you and I shall be friends.
It is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy, that it is impossible to rehearse life. A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an interruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gesture mean nothing, or mean too much.
