Forster, E. M.

"The so-called white races are really pinko-grey." - A Passage to India

"Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think creation's." - Two Cheers for Democracy

"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves." - Two Cheers for Democracy

"We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship." - Two Cheers for Democracy

"I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." - Two Cheers for Democracy