I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.

Quote by E M Forster

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Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

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...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...