Headmaster Flashcards
1
Q
Education - School
A
‘It isn’t for the boys. It’s for the school.’
2
Q
Literature - Old-fashioned faith
[About Hector]
A
‘Mr Hector has an old fashioned faith in the redemptive power of words.’
3
Q
Truth and Lies - Sack
A
‘I do not want to sack you. It’s so untidy. It would be easier for all concerned if you retired early.’
4
Q
Literature - Blue in the face
A
‘Chant the stuff till they’re blue in the face, what good does it do?’
5
Q
Homophobia - Fuck the….
A
“Fuck the Renaissance. And fuck Plato, and Michelangelo and Oscar Wilde and all the other shrunken violets you people line up. This is a school and it isn’t normal.”
6
Q
Doesn’t mind
A
‘Hector doesn’t mind.’
