“We aren’t even seeing the other side of the world; that’s our complaint,” said Adela. Mrs. Moore agreed; she too was disappointed at the dullness of their new life. They had made such a romantic voyage across the Mediterranean and through the sands of Egypt to the harbour of Bombay, to find only a gridiron of bungalows at the end of it. But she did not take the disappointment as seriously as Miss Quested, for the reason she was forty years older, and had learnt that Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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Leonard Durso 
I have not read the book but saw the movie for the first time a week ago (sometimes that hardly counts) It was very good. I would love to read the book!
It’s a very good movie (you really can’t go wrong with a David Lean film) but a great book.
I really must read it.
I remember loving this book – time I reread it! Just look at the quality of the writing: simultaneously clear and subtle.
Yes, this is the third time I am rereading it. There are just some books that have more resonance with each reading.