E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951 I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves. E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951