# Quote — E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

> It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.

- Author: [E.M. Forster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster.md)
- Book: [A Room with a View](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-room-with-a-view.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-room-with-a-view/it-is-so-difficult

## More from this book

> There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-room-with-a-view/theres-enough-sorrow.md)

> Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-room-with-a-view/life-is-easy.md)

> Then make my boy think like us. Make him realize that by the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes—a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/a-room-with-a-view/then-make-my-boy.md)