Margaret had often wondered at the disturbance that takes place in the world's waters when Love, who seems so tiny a pebble, slips in. Whom does Love concern beyond the beloved and the lover? Yet his impact deluges a hundred shores,

E.m. Forster
About This Quote

For Margaret, love was more than a feeling of butterflies in the stomach. It was something that concerned the whole world, not just two people. Love is something so powerful that it can cause changes in oceans and rivers. When you fall in love with someone, you are no longer confined to your own life. You are so focused on your new relationship that you forget about everything else in life, even if it’s just for a while.

Source: Howard's End

Some Similar Quotes
  1. Love is not an antidote of depression or loneliness, but it itself is a cause of depression and loneliness. - Raj Singh
  2. Edward chuckled into her mouth. - Kristen Casey
  3. Morgan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Maybe you’re right, ” she sighed, “We should probably wait.” Owen drew back, and she could feel him studying her. She waited as long as she could stand it before she opened her eyes and grinned.... - Kristen Casey
  4. The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo - Swapna Rajput
  5. When I first met you, I honestly didn't know you were gonna be this important to me - Swapna Rajput
More Quotes By E.m. Forster
  1. It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
  2. This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to...
  3. We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very...
  4. The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
  5. Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
Related Topics