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Book Quotes by E. M. Forster
- Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it as…
- Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.
- Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as…
- The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment; but it has chapters of clear and triumphant beauty, and above…
- One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
- At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
- 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…
- Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
- Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few…
- But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really…
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