"You heard people say forty was the new……" — John Lanchester
"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."
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John Lanchester
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14 Quotes by John Lanchester
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