# Quote — Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach

> This is how the entire course of a life can be changed - by doing nothing.

- Author: [Ian McEwan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan.md)
- Book: [On Chesil Beach](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/on-chesil-beach.md)
- Page: 166
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan#On_Chesil_Beach_(2007)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/on-chesil-beach/this-is-how