"If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly."
"Sven must have neglected to pay tribute to one of those strict Nordic gods. But instead of cursing Eriksson himself, Thor has done a still crueller thing and cursed the England strikers. I can only assume that Eriksson was never informed of this curse, otherwise he might have more than a 17-year-old up his sleeve."
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Source: Simon Barnes (2011). “How to be a Bad Birdwatcher: To the Greater Glory of Life”, p.86, Short Books
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