William S. Burroughs vs. E. M. Forster
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
William S. Burroughs
1914 – 1997
William S. Burroughs (1914–1997) was an American novelist and essayist associated with the Beat Generation, renowned for experimental works such as Naked Lunch.
"There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or r…"
E. M. Forster
1879 – 1970
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays.
"I am the means and not the end. I am the food and not the life. Stand by yourself, as that boy has stood. I cannot save you. For poetry is a spirit; and they th…"
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