Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.
生活确实充满危险,却并非道德教条让我们相信的那种危险。生活确实难以驾驭,但它的本质并非战斗。它难以驾驭,是因为它是一场浪漫的奇遇,其本质是浪漫的美。
— E. M. Forster · Howards End (1910) · Chapter 12 —