“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
“Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory.”
“But alas, the world is not a wish-granting factory.”
“Life is not a wish granting factory.”
“I wanted..." I said."I know," he said. "I know. Apparently the world is not a wish-granting factory." That made me smile a little.”
“I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me,...”