City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.
Source: The Ridge-Slope Fox and The Knife-Thrower, in Harper's (New York, Jan. 1977; repr. in Heart's Desire, 1988).
-- Edward Hoagland, (Dec 21 1932-____), US novelist, essayist, nature writer; He frequently writes about animals including lions, turtles and snakes.