At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

Quote by E M Forster

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But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.