[...] it is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing. (E. M. Forster)

[...] it is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing.

E. M. Forster

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