What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

Quote by E M Forster

Topics: Literature Quotes, Reading Quotes, Writing Quotes

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

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...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

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...

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...

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....

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

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

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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...

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.

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

No one is India.

No one is India.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

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...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

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...