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There were those who considered themselves lucky and those who considered themselves unlucky. Those who put their loss behind them and those who would never be the same again. Those who prayed and those who cursed and resented. Those who stole and those who gave. Jokers and worriers, optimists and pessimists, opportunists with an eye for gain and suckers who were only waiting to be taken advantage of. Those who had been let down and those who had hope. Those who looked forward and those who looked back.
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Disguise by Hugo Hamilton
— from Disguise by Hugo Hamilton,
describing those fleeing Germany in the final days of WWII.
(It’s a breathtaking book.) – P
