A quotation.

Alexandria 2022-03-24 08:01:03

"The best moment in reading are when you come across something...a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things that you'd thought special, particular to you, and here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And...it's as if a hand...has come out...and taken yours."-- From Hector

. A middle school teacher reading poetry and literature with eight young boys. The only consolation may be to give them their own "benedictions" every time in the name of taking them home.
He originally wanted to have a car full of books and travel the world. He eventually passed away in a car accident. Maybe this is his life.
Asking for but not getting it, boundless loneliness, only books can comfort me.
However, it was never a soft, warm, real hand, was it?

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  • [talking about Tom Irwin]

    Headmaster: He comes highly-recommended.

    Mrs. Lintott: So did Anne of Cleves.

    Headmaster: Who? He's up-to-the-minute, more "now".

    Mrs. Lintott: [dryly] Now? I thought history was "then".

  • [Dakin is groping Fiona, using World War I as a metaphor for his "assault" on her body. He moves his hand up her thighs but she pushes it away]

    Dakin: What's the matter?

    Fiona: No-man's land.

    Dakin: Ah, fuck. What do I do with this?

    [he points to his erection]

    Fiona: Carry out a controlled explosion?