E. M. Forster Quotes

This solitude opressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong.

E. M. Forster

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  E. M. Forster
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  • Thoughts