#ohpyle

[pyleandprejudice]

“Why? Oh wait, you probably have some other moral value in mind, like personal happiness or something stupid like that.”

Pyle to a student who told him she does not want to go to Princeton

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I'm turning 60. 60 is the age where you start waiting to die.

Mr. Pyle on getting old

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"Your eyes are brighter than the sun. You're lips are redder than the reddest thing I can think of."

Mr. Pyle on Shakespeare sonnets 

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"We didn't know if he had other lovers. We don't know if he had a stamp collection."

Mr. Pyle on some poet 

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"Look at this calendar here which is available for your viewing pleasure. Give it a quick looksie."

Mr. Pyle on the homework calendar 

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"In the spring semester I'll have to find a devastating punishment for tardies"

Mr. Pyle on being late to class 

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"Student: Mr. Pyle how was your break? Pyle: My break is over. We have to live in the moment. The past is irrelevant"

Mr. Pyle on living in the moment 

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"Finish it at your leisure. Preferably at a table with a nice cup of tea...Don't finish it now!"

Mr. Pyle on poetry