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

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

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

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

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

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...

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

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...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

No one is India.

No one is India.

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?

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...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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...

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

I live for books.

I live for books.