“ The truth is that a woman doesn't look on ANY man as a joke if he can kid her that he's in love with her. ”
George Orwell, Coming Up for Air (1939). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | Coming Up for Air |
| Topic | joke truth |
| Date | 1939 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200031.txt |
Context
“There's really no kind of company, from bookies to bishops, where a fat man doesn't fit in and feel at home. As for women, fat men have more luck with them than people seem to think. It's all bunk to imagine, as some people do, that a woman looks on a fat man as just a joke. The truth is that a woman doesn't look on ANY man as a joke if he can kid her that he's in love with her.
Mind you, I haven't always been fat. I've been fat for eight or nine years, and I suppose I've developed most of the characteristics. But it's also a fact that internally, mentally, I'm not altogether fat.”
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