“Things didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.”

— Yann Martel, book Life of Pi

Variant: Things didn't turn out the way they're supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
Source: Life of Pi

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Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963

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