Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along. E. M. Forster
Self-pity? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage. E. M. Forster
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. E. M. Forster