“For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.”

“Phrases like 'the team spirit' are always employed to cut across individualism, love and personal loyalties.”

“4:15. Not 4 not 4:30 but 4:15. She thought to intimidate me with the use of quarter hours.”

“If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work ... the cat will invar...”

“It'sonlypossibletobetraywhereloyaltyisdue”

“Six years previously, Miss Brodie had led her new class into the garden for a history lesson underneath the big elm. On the way through the school corridors they passed the headmistress's study. Th...”

“To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own Mr Chips and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever we encountered him on his afternoon walk. If we were particularly lucky, he would s...”

“On Saturday mornings Mr Ewing would make his rounds, giving each tradesman 1 and the apprentices, ten shillings. Needless to say, we were all peeping around corners awaiting his arrival!”

“The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches but there is more to it than that, since his business success was combined with a generosity of spirit that led him to give away a fortune...”