E. M. Forster Quotes


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.


Citations

Forster, E. M. Two Cheers for Democracy. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951, p. 219.

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E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster
  • Born: January 1, 1879
  • Died: June 7, 1970
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer (novels, Short Stories, Essays)

Edward Morgan Forster OM CH was an English fiction writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years.