I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or mo…

E. M. Forster
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I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or moving it — and I'm sure I can't tell you whether the fate's good or evil. I don't die — I don't fall in love. And if other people die or fall in love they always do it when I'm just not there. ✨ E. M. Forster (2012). Where Angels Fear to Tread, p.96, Courier Corporation
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