I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

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And before I'd got to the end of the first paragraph, I'd come up slap...

And before I'd got to the end of the first paragraph, I'd come up slap...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary number, like the square root of minus one... If...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary number, like the square root of minus one... If...

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of...

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of...

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And...

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And...

Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a...

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a...

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can...

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can...

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years...

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years...

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time;...

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time;...

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title...

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need...

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need...

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can...

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can...

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We...

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We...