What held him back all day was the feeling that somewhere there was something better for him than listening to babies cry and cheating people in used… - John Updike

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What held him back all day was the feeling that somewhere there was something better for him than listening to babies cry and cheating people in used-car lots and it's this feeling he tries to kill, right there on the bus; he grips the chrome bar and leans far over two women with white pleated blouses and laps of packages and closes his eyes and tries to kill it.