# Quote — E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

> Pathos, piety, courage, — they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

- Author: [E.M. Forster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster.md)
- Book: [A Passage to India](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-passage-to-india.md)
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> 'Why can't we be friends now?' said the other, holding him affectionately. 'It's what I want. It's what you want.' But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices 'No, not yet,' and the sky said 'No, not there.'

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> Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

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> All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt.

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