Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a…

V. S. Naipaul
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Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it coming. You just got to sit and watch and wait. ✨ V. S. Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (2000). Miguel Street, p.88, Heinemann
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