Quotes by H.M. Forester

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I? This is the very root of all evil.

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There is no such thing as 'just one last cigarette' – except the last cigarette that you've already had.

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Smoking is suicide by instalments.

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An angry man will find himself in an angry world, and a swindler will find himself in a world of thieves whom he dare not trust. Like attracts and mirrors like.

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The use of drugs is not an effective means of facilitating real escape. It merely gives that erroneous and illusive impression. Well, illusive with an I and elusive with an E. At best, narcotics do no more than promote bonhomie and give you a tempora...

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There's nowhere else to escape to ... Except in a wooden box, that is.

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There are universal laws at work, even here. The Law of Attraction; the Law of Correspondence; and the Law of Karma. That is: like attracts like; as within, so without; and what goes around comes around.

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Why does there appear to be so little magic in the world these days? It is because people have stopped believing in it or lose touch with it as they grow up. It is because we have become so sophisticated and lost our ancient and natural roots. It is ...

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Sorcery rules the world. Of course, most don't call it sorcery; indeed, many would be horrified by such a notion.

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All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know. They came about because there really is such a thing as magic or that it once flourished in the world. Or at least there is something extra...

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Now, sorcery rules the world. Of course, most don't call it sorcery; indeed, many would be horrified by such a notion. Instead, they use words like ideology, politics, defence, security, patriotism, commerce, industry, marketing, consumerism and beli...

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There really is more to this world than meets the casual or untutored eye.

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Red pill or blue pill? If only it were that simple. You've been watching the wrong movies.

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Maybe like the never-ending stories within stories of the One Thousand and One Nights, life is dream within dream all the way through?

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A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

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Real patience is not the same as waiting impatiently for something for a long time. Patience is having patience with patience.

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