"Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well."
— Jack London

January 1, 1970

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Life’s not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well. — As quoted in "They Came to Write in Hawai‘i" by Joseph Theroux, in Spirit of Aloha (March/April 2007)