Quotes by Alan Bennett, The History Boys
"I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it."
"How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another"
"It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined."
"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."
"Dakin: The more you read, though, the more you'll see that literature is actually about losers.Scripps: No.Dakin: It's consolation. All literature is consolation."