I'd been an expert at taking beatings. Then I had a lucky break where I did a bully in, by total sheer luck.... One minute I was the mark, and with just one swift move, I put the big man in school down.... Once he was down, the whole atmosphere in the schoolyard changed. A huge cloud seemed to be lifted from me.... I'd never been aware the cloud was so large.
Life (ed. Little, Brown, 2010) - ISBN: 9780316128568