“I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks.” HeartTwoMightRunningAgeBitsPiecesFootballLegsI RealizedOld AgeThirtyRisingRetiringBobWagesCurtainsLungsLacePuffGuinea Book:New and Collected Stories Source: New and Collected Stories
“Everybody thinks theyll never get married at your age. You think you can go on all your life being single, but you suddenly find out that you cant.” ThinkingAgeGoes OnMarriedCantBeing SingleSingle Life Author:Alan Sillitoe