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

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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

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...

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.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

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.

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.

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

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

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

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...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

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?

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...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...