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> [“When they arrived at the palace she had a word with Grant, the young footman in charge, who said it was security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/when-they-arrived-at-the-palace-she-had-a-word-with-grant-the-young/)

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

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> [“I would have thought," said the prime minister, "that Your Majesty was above literature." "Above literature?" said the Queen. "Who is above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/i-would-have-thought-said-the-prime-minister-that-your-majesty-was/)

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

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> [Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/above-literature-said-the-queen-who-is-above-literature-you-might-as/)

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

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## Other authors on Said Queen

## More by Alan Bennett

> [“The closest she got to pretence was politeness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/the-closest-she-got-to-pretence-was-politeness/)

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

> [An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left, Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/an-article-on-playwrights-in-the-daily-mail-listed-according-to-hard/)

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

> [I'm not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/i-m-not-good-at-precise-coherent-argument-but-plays-are-suited-to/)

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

> [The thing I think about is that once you've done it, you then start to think about what you're going to do next. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/the-thing-i-think-about-is-that-once-you-ve-done-it-you-then-start-to/)

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

> [At the drabber moments of my life (swilling some excrement from the steps, for instance, or rooting with a bent coat-hanger down a blocked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/at-the-drabber-moments-of-my-life-swilling-some-excrement-from-the/)

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

> [There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/there-are-more-microbes-per-person-than-the-entire-population-of-the/)

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

> [I'm more socialist certainly than New Labour - I'm very old Labour, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/i-m-more-socialist-certainly-than-new-labour-i-m-very-old-labour/)

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

> [Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count. We still don't like to admit the war was even partly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/why-do-we-not-care-to-acknowledge-them-the-cattle-the-body-count-we/)

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

> [Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/were-we-closer-to-the-ground-as-children-or-is-the-grass-emptier-now/)

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

> [But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem-that-women-threaten-they-may/)

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

> [“BURGESS How do you like Moscow? CORAL Loathe it, darling. I cannot understand what those Three Sisters were on about. It gives the play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/burgess-how-do-you-like-moscow-coral-loathe-it-darling-i-cannot/)

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

> [The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/the-best-moments-in-reading-are-when-you-come-across-something-a/)

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

> [Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/your-whole-life-is-on-the-other-side-of-the-glass-and-there-is-nobody/)

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

> [The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/the-appeal-of-reading-she-thought-lay-in-its-indifference-there-was/)

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

> [“How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/how-do-i-define-history-it-s-just-one-fucking-thing-after-another/)

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

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