"I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you ..." - but what will the next thing be? I didn't ask for any of this and if you've got to do it you've got to do it.

I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you any choice now. I can let it go

— but what will the next thing be? I didn't ask for any of this and if you've got to do it you've got to do it.

Ernest Hemingway To Have and Have Not

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