quotes from the street

“he married four times – always to a girl called Margaret. Said it made life so much simpler, particularly at passionate moments”
overheard: dinner party, chelsea, london
context: friends reminscing over the wonderfully colourful life of a dearly departed friend 

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“better take it easy with that young wife of yours – you saw what happened to Sarko”
overheard: London, UK
context: one overweight man to another in the gym locker room

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“as soon as you have a drink dear, you never shut up!”
overheard: on the King’s Rd., London
context: tramp couple arguing on the bench across the street from the big easy

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“If I was married to her I’d greet death as a friend”
overheard: the Carlton Club, London UK
 context: two up-from-the-shires for the day arch-Tory types discussing someone’s wife

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“of course i love him, but that doesn’t mean to say that i have to like him”
overheard: Virgin Upper Class, London to Johannesburg
context: a woman discussing her marriage

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