
“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
Injury Time (London: Abacus, [1977] 2003) ch. 4, pp. 41-42.
“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
“She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.”
Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, chapter 8.
The 44 Scotland Street series
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
“She wears her clothes, as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 1