Marriage is only a trap set for you by the money-god. You grab the bait; snap goes the trap; and there you… — George Orwell
Marriage is only a trap set for you by the money-god. You grab the bait; snap goes the trap; and there you are, chained by the leg to some 'good' job till they cart you to Kensal Green. And what a life! Licit sexual intercourse in the shade of the aspidistra. Pram-pushing and sneaky adulteries. And the wife finding you out and breaking the cut-glass whisky decanter over your head.
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He had reached the age when the future ceases to be a rosy blur and becomes actual and menacing.
That is the devilish thing about poverty, the ever-recurrent thing - loneliness. Day after day with never an intelligent person to talk to; night after night back to your godless room, always alone. Perhaps it sounds rather fun if you are rich and sought-after; but how different it is when you do it from necessity!
In a country like England you can no more be cultured without money than you can join the Cavalry Club.
