“One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.”

“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”

“History is just one fucking thing after another.”

“How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another”

“Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.”

“Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.”

“I have to seem like a human being all the time, but I seldom have to be one. I have people to do that for me.”