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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#evils #look #money #rather #tempts

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cheers #criticism #democracy #permits #two

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#complaint #even #me #people #poorly

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#get #soft #squashed #stand #you

I never knew I was capable of being ridiculous over a man."-Amy Elliot Dunne ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#gone-girl #head-over-heals #love #marriage #relationships

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#destroys #him #idea #man #saves

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#being #discovers #finally #happiness #happiness lies

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#bore #bores #contradict #great #himself

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#concepts #histories #homesickness #incapable #individuals

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#deals #experience #feeling #full #give