Unlike me – maybe wiser – neither Hugh nor Larry has married again. At some point they both realized they never would – just couldn’t find the low-gear pulling power to mount another love affair…

Richard Ford, The lay of the land, 2006 (Kindle edition: location 491)

Nota: non sto proprio così, ma l’immagine della marcia bassa (e della marcia alta, ovviamente) mi ha davvero colpito.