One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.E. M. Forster
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
English novelist · 1879 – 1970
Edward Morgan Forster was an English novelist known for A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India, works examining class and connection in Edwardian society.
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