from The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth:
“Pardon?”
“Medical school. I’m pretty sure I’ve got the grades. I want to be a doctor. I’m going back to the University of Chicago.”
“Oh, shut up. So far, this conversation has just been depressing. Now it’s idiotic.”
“No, I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I want to be an obstetrician.”
“At your age? Really? In ten years you’ll be fifty. Pardon me, but that’s an old man.”
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