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> [...we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works-- groundbreaking, incendiary, timeless-- have been pureed by the curriculum monsters into a digestible pabulum of themes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/we-re-in-english-class-which-for-most-of-us-is-an-excruciating/)

[Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/)

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> [I'd somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/i-d-somehow-always-thought-of-the-classics-of-literature-as-something/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

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