# Quote — E.M. Forster, Maurice

> "I should have gone through life half awake if you'd had the decency to leave me alone."

- Author: [E.M. Forster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster.md)
- Book: [Maurice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/maurice.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maurice_(novel)#Part_Two) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/maurice/i-should-have