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Quote by E. M. Forster

“The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster was an English novelist known for his modernist works. His most famous novel, 'A Passage to India', delves into themes of colonialism and the intricacies of human relationships. Forster's writing is renowned for its wit, irony, and philosophical depth. more

“I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.”

People Ifs Writing Years Kind Fun Felt Novel Written Happened Pages Grateful Saved Tragic Thieves Old People Stolen Homework Relieved Laptops Another Year

Author:Etgar Keret

“I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough.”

Ifs Feels Writing May Made Enough Stories Used Solutions Good Enough

Author:Etgar Keret

“I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.”

Writing Littles Lost Common Speech Tradition Translations Israeli

Author:Etgar Keret

“In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.”

People Ifs Feels Sometimes Political Speak Dog Communicate Israel Discourse Reduction Political Discourse

Author:Etgar Keret

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