Forster: A Room With A View (Love through the ages)

Key quotes + where to find them

“She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him.”

Ch1

“not yet acquired decency.”

Ch1

“It does seem hard that you shouldn’t have a view,”

Ch1

“If miss honey church ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting-“

Ch3

“the Arno lost its muddy solidarity and began to twinkle.”

Ch3

“Their mission was to inspire others to achievement”

Ch4

“She was conscious of her discontent; it was new to her to be conscious of it.”

Ch4

“Lucy desired more.”

Ch4

“The thought that she, as well as the dying man, had crossed some spiritual boundariy.”

Ch4

“There is much that is immortal in this medieval lady.”

Ch4

“The dragons have gone, and so have the knights, but she still lingers in our midst.”

Ch4

“She was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others”

Ch5

“he wished to continue their intimacy. She had refused,”

Ch6

“she did not know what had happened, and suspected that he did know.”

Ch6

“anxiety to keep together”

Ch6

“She felt the influence of spring.”

Ch6

“The view was forming at last;”

Ch6

“broken by Miss Bartlett, who stood brown against the view.”

Ch6

“The world would be happier, if she could give and receive some human love.”

Ch7

“The Drawing-Room curtains…had been drawn to meet,”

Ch8

“He’s well connected”

Ch8

“He was medieval. Like a gothic statue.”

Ch8

“Lucy had been acquired by him.”

Ch9

“young in the spirit”

Ch12

“They began to play”

Ch12

“Then all forces of youth burst out.”

Ch12

“No, we are what matters.”

Ch12

“always felt that he must lead women,”

Ch12

“Lucy had developed since the spring.”

Ch16

“Love which is the most real thing that we shall ever meet, reappeared now as the world’s enemy, and she must stifle it.”

Ch16

“She returned to her old shibboleth of nerves.”

Ch16

“Her anger faded at the sight of him.”

Ch16

“You of all women, listen to his voice instead of your own.”

Ch16

“Summer was ending, and the evening brought her odours of decay,”

Ch16

“From a Leonardo she had become a living woman,”

Ch17

“now that he was about to lose her, she seemed each moment more desirable.”

Ch17

“Don’t you see that I have to go away?”

Ch18

“If only she could remember how to behave!”

Ch19

“In gaining the man she loved, she would gain something for the whole world.”

Ch19

“It isn’t possible to love and to part.”

Ch19