"The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists."
-E. M. Forster
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"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."
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"Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration."
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"One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions."
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"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life."
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"The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal."
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