long-distance quotes

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

- Alan Sillitoe
  Title of book. Colombian  poet  whose  life  was  marked by  financial reverses, the  death  of  loved  ones,  and  the  loss  of  his  manuscripts  in  a shipwreck.  His  poetry  is  characteristically  melancholy,  and after only ten years of writing he committed suicide.