"Maurice" Quotes
"Maurice" by E.M. Forster follows the emotional and romantic journey of Maurice Hall as he comes to terms with his homosexuality in Edwardian England, ultimately finding acceptance and love.
classics | 256 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
One can go on appreciating the world, and not appreciating oneself.
The only hope is in knowledge, in making the world conscious.
I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant. That is a beginning.
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.
We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
I have been given a soul, and I have to make it live.
Why fear the night? There is nothing in it worse than the things men do in the sunshine.
Choose a life, not a career.
We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
The only real sin that we can commit against each other is to make life dreary for one another.
