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Ford Madox Ford was an influential British novelist known for his contributions to modernist literature. His works are characterized by complex narrative structures and profound psychological descriptions. Born on December 17, 1873, he passed away on June 26, 1939.

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Famous Ford Madox Ford Quotes

“They were simple, earnest people, those early Victorians, and had not yet learnt the trick of avoiding disturbing thoughts and sights.”

People Simple Sight Tricks Avoiding Earnest Disturbing

Book:Ancient Lights And Certain New Reflections Being The Memories Of A Young Man

Source: Ancient Lights And Certain New Reflections Being The Memories Of A Young Man

“You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.”

Source: The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems

“Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.”

People Want Wrong Things

Book:The Good Soldier

Source: The Good Soldier

“It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the world goes on and people go on being stupidly cruel - in the old ways and all the time.”

People Ifs World Way Suffering Dies Goes On Old Ways Being Stupid

Book:The Marsden Case: A Romance

Source: The Marsden Case: A Romance

About the Author

Born: December 17, 1873
Died: June 26, 1939
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 71

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