How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
She led the way up the garden, Cecil following her, George last. She thought a disaster was averted. But when they entered the shrubbery it came. The book, as if it had not worked mischief enough, had been forgotten, and Cecil must go back for it; and George, who loved passionately, must blunder against her in the narrow path.
“No—” she gasped, and, for the second time, was kissed by him (15.134-5).
Love is inexorable. Despite the fact that Lucy is engaged, and Cecil is, like, right there, George can’t contain his passion – and he has no interest in containing it. He believes, unlike the other characters at this point, in being honest… and being honest means kissing Lucy. Again.
Quote #8
Love felt and returned, love which our bodies exact and our hearts have transfigured, love which is the most real thing that we shall ever meet, reappeared now as the world's enemy, and she must stifle it (16.1).
After sending George away, Lucy is faced with an unnatural mission – to fight against love. The terms and force with which Forster describes the power (and righteousness) of true love emphasizes how wrong she is to “stifle” it.
Quote #9
"I taught him," he quavered, "to trust in love. I said: 'When love comes, that is reality.' I said: 'Passion does not blind. No. Passion is sanity, and the woman you love, she is the only person you will ever really understand'" (19.27).
In this heartfelt declaration, Mr. Emerson totally overturns all of the social logic we’ve seen at work throughout the novel. His claim that “Passion is sanity” is the opposite of society’s stern opinion that social order is sanity. In Mr. E’s opinion (and in Forster’s… and in ours), love is more valuable and truthful than any barriers of class or expectation.