Richard Griffiths Quotes

Hector The best moments in reading are when you come across something — a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things — that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out and taken yours.

Frederick Just back to pick up your accoutrements?

Doug Speak English Fred.

Frederick Just back to pick up your shit?

Hector Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on.

Vince Walker I met him once.

Collins You mean Gandhi?

Vince Walker Yeah, in South Africa, a long time ago. I wonder if he'll recognise me.

Collins What was he like?

Vince Walker He had a full head of hair then. We were a bit like college students, trying to figure everything out.

Collins Well, he must have found some of the answers!

Hector Remember boys: festoon your answers with gobbets, and you won't go far wrong.

Hector I would hate to turn out boys who, in later life, would claim to have a love of literature, or speak of the lure of language, and their love of words. Words, said in a way that's somehow... Welsh.