You certainly deserve the money, good sir. I have thought about donating a pledge to you, wishing that I had more extra money and wasn't down on my luck.
I wish we could have good luck all the time. I wish rainwater was beer! I wish we had wings! But we don't. (As Samuel L. Jackson's character Elijah Price said in the movie Unbreakable: "That last part was a joke.")
For the benefit of readers who may not know: Mr. Wilbur’s second paragraph (less the parenthesis) is a quotation from the same scene from A Man For All Seasons that I quoted, and that is screenshotted above. More’s servant Matthew, a venal man whose insecurities are aggravated by More’s virtue, throws a bit of a tantrum to his wife after More says he will miss Matthew. (Matthew can’t imagine missing himself if he were More!) Matthew ends by allowing that he’s sorry that More is down on his luck, leading to the bitterly utopian wishes expressed above.
And no worries, Christopher! Two things can be true: I do need money, and God has taken good care of me and my family. I am not down on my luck, and I hope your luck changes soon. God bless.
You certainly deserve the money, good sir. I have thought about donating a pledge to you, wishing that I had more extra money and wasn't down on my luck.
I wish we could have good luck all the time. I wish rainwater was beer! I wish we had wings! But we don't. (As Samuel L. Jackson's character Elijah Price said in the movie Unbreakable: "That last part was a joke.")
P.S. Reading and commenting are also gifts, Christopher! Interaction keeps writers going. Thanks for the gift of your thoughtful attention.
For the benefit of readers who may not know: Mr. Wilbur’s second paragraph (less the parenthesis) is a quotation from the same scene from A Man For All Seasons that I quoted, and that is screenshotted above. More’s servant Matthew, a venal man whose insecurities are aggravated by More’s virtue, throws a bit of a tantrum to his wife after More says he will miss Matthew. (Matthew can’t imagine missing himself if he were More!) Matthew ends by allowing that he’s sorry that More is down on his luck, leading to the bitterly utopian wishes expressed above.
And no worries, Christopher! Two things can be true: I do need money, and God has taken good care of me and my family. I am not down on my luck, and I hope your luck changes soon. God bless.