Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

Billy shook his head.

"No. You don't quite get me. Let's take it this way. Just suppose
it's me, with jam an' jelly, a-wadin' into that swell restaurant
like you did to talk with the top guy. Why, I'd be outa place the
moment I stepped into his office. Worse'n that, I'd feel outa
place. That'd make me have a chip on my shoulder an' lookin' for
trouble, which is a poor way to do business. Then, too, I'd be
thinkin' he was thinkin' I was a whole lot of a husky to be
peddlin' jam. What'd happen, I'd be chesty at the drop of the
hat. I'd be thinkin' he was thinkin' I was standin' on my foot,
an' I'd beat him to it in tellin' him he was standin' on HIS
foot. Don't you see? It's because I was raised that way. It'd be
take it or leave it with me, an' no jam sold."