You heard people say forty was the new thirty and fifty was the new forty and sixty was the new forty-five, but you never heard anybody say eighty was the new anything. Eighty was just eighty.
John LanchesterThe person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
John LanchesterPeople would rather earn 60 grand in an area where their neighbours earn 40, than earn 80 in an area where their neighbours earn a hundred.
John Lanchester