That was the way one had to do. To do the best one could, and accept things as they were. Usually, they did not seem so bad after a while; if they we… - Jim Thompson

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That was the way one had to do. To do the best one could, and accept things as they were. Usually, they did not seem so bad after a while; if they were not actually good, then they became so by virtue of the many things that were worse. Almost everything was relatively good. Eating was better than starving, living better than dying.