# Quote — E.M. Forster, Maurice

> They were his last words, because Maurice had disappeared thereabouts, leaving no trace of his presense except a little pile of the petals of the evening primrose, which mourned from the ground like an expiring fire.

- 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_Four) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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