"You've got mean, Oriel." She sniffs. "It is the war that's done it to you?" "It's all war," she said. "What… — Tim Winton
"You've got mean, Oriel."
She sniffs.
"It is the war that's done it to you?"
"It's all war," she said.
"What is?"
"I don't know. Everythin. Raisin a family, keepin yer head above water. Life. War is our natural state."
"Well, struggle maybe," said Lester.
"No, no, it's war."
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