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 got ourselves.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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.

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 people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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...

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...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

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

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

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

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...