“He educated Maurice, or rather his spirit educated Maurice's spirit, for they themselves became equal. Neither thought "Am I led; am I leading?" Love had caught him out of triviality and Maurice out of bewilderment in order that two imperfect souls might touch perfection.”

“Maurice was scandalized, horrified. He was shocked to the bottom of his suburban soul....”

“Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.”

“Maurice hated cricket. It demanded a snickety neatness he could not supply.”

“A slow nature such as Maurice's appears insensitive, for it needs time even to feel.”

“He questioned Maurice, who, when he grasped the point, was understood to reply that deeds are more important than words.”

“A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.”