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“IRWIN: At the time of the Reformation there were fourteen foreskins of Christ preserved, but it was thought that the church of St John Lateran in Rome had the authentic prepuce.

DAKIN: Don't think we're shocked by your mention of the word 'foreskin', sir.

CROWTHER: No, sir. Some of us even have them.

LOCKWOOD: Not Posner, though, sir. Posner's like, you know, Jewish.
It's one of several things Posner doesn't have.

(Posner mouths 'fuck off.')”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys

“I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.”
― Margaret Atwood

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys