To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time.
Alan BennettOne 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.
Alan BennettTag: happiness expectations
I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.
Alan BennettTag: happiness contentment
To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish.
Alan BennettTag: reading solitude selfishness withdrawal unavailability
The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
Alan BennettRemember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You must take people as they come. Remember, too that though you will generally know more about the condition than the patient, it is the patient who has the condition and this if nothing else bestows on him or her a kind of wisdom. You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
Alan BennettStill, for all that everybody, while not happy, is not unhappy about it. And so they go on.
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History nowadays is not a matter of conviction.
It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so.
Aamulla kuningattarella oli vähän nuhaa, ja koska sovittuja tapaamisia ei ollut, hän sanoi olevansa ehkä vilustunut ja jäi vuoteeseen. Se ei ollut hänelle tyypillistä eikä myöskään totta, hän sanoi sen oikeastaan vains siksi että saisi jatkaa lukemista.
Alan BennettSilläkin riskillä että kuulostan paistilta", kuningatar sanoi, "kirjat tekevät ihmisestä kypsemmän.
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