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E. M. Forster Quotes
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
E. M. Forster

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Topic:
Poetry Quotes
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
English Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 1, 1879
Date of Death:
June 7, 1970
Nationality:
English
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