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E(dward) M(organ) Forster, 1879-1970

was a British novelist

Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.

( “Howards End” )

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Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855

was an English novelist

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.

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