“For them everything had a simple solution. IF there was a problem that could be fixed, by whatever means, then that could be fixed, by whatever means, then there was nothing to worry about. They were geniuses of the world when it came to finding another way. And it if turned out the problem had no solution, no way of it being mended or substituted with something else, no way of being glued or duct-taped, then there was nothing to worry about either. Ni modo, they said and moved on. They never stopped to consider what would happen next, after the solved or unsolved problem brought a whole new set of problems. Then what? For that they had no solutions. They came with so little it was only ever about today, and tomorrow was tomorrow, another day to worry about when it arrived, if it arrived. Life, when one lived on this side of the river, was almost never that easy. But try explaining that to your cleaning woman.”