Memoirs, Falling Towards England (1985)
“Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner.”
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The Piano Teacher (1988)
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“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”
“But it is not for the perfect vase or the polished gem to choose their owners.”
Source: The Persian Boy (1972), p. 29

“Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,
With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?”
Who is worse shod, than the shoemakers wife,
With shops full of shoes all her life?
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546)

“The business of polishing my shoes satisfies my soul.”
My Heart's in the Highlands (1939)

“My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.”
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”

The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, chapter 8.
The 44 Scotland Street series

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