It is good fiction, so largely ignored now, that brings us so much closer to the real facts.
J. B. PriestleyOne of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
J. B. PriestleyMany a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
J. B. PriestleyNearly everything possible had been done to spoil the game: the heavy financial interest; the absurd transfer and player-selling system; the lack of any birth or residential qualifications; the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the press; the monstrous partisanships of the crowds.
J. B. Priestley