N.B. this book and pensées not important and the temptation to mistake them for Creation must be resisted. - E. M. Forster

Does it seem reasonable that she should play so wonderfully, and live so quietly? I suspect that one day she will be wonderful in both. The water-tight compartments in her will break down, and music and life will mingle.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.