“History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
“A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot."
[Baffled at a Bookcase (London Review of Books, Vol. 33 No. 15, 28 July 2011)]”
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[Baffled at a Bookcase (London Review of Books, Vol. 33 No. 15, 28 July 2011)]”
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“How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
“We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.”
― Getting on
― Getting on
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
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