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. (E. M. Forster)

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.

E. M. Forster

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