Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?
ALAN BENNETTOne of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader’s imagination as the characters in their books.
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Kafka could never have written as he did had he lived in a house.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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But then books, as I’m sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action.
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The trouble is, as soon as you’ve chosen somebody it obscures anybody else you might have thought of.
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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten.
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I’ve never forgotten that experience. But I had nobody at school that was either like Hector or Irwin.
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My experience came before most of you were born.
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Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this.
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It’s the one species I wouldn’t mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth.
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Life is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key.
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I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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You always know when you’re going to arrive. If you go by car, you don’t. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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