"In her heart also there are springing up strange desires. She too is enamoured of heavy winds, and vast panoramas, and green expanses of the sea. She has marked the kingdom of this world, how full it is of wealth, and beauty, and war — a radiant crust, built around the central fires, spinning towards the receding heavens. Men, declaring that she inspires them to it, move joyfully over the surface having the most delightful meetings with other men, happy, not because they are masculine, but because they are alive."- Forster, E. M. (Author). Room with a View. (pg 43-44),  as mentioned in Sarah Williams Lecture Week 6

East Rutherford, NJ, USA: Viking Penguin, 2000. p 80.
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