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E. M. Forster Quotes

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
E. M. Forster

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Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
English Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 1, 1879
Date of Death:
June 7, 1970
Nationality:
English
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