It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race did without them for thousands of years and may decide to do without them again.

Quote by E M Forster

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If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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...

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

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...

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.

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

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....

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

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

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

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...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.