Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“Grief don't knock, it just walks on in and sits at the table.”
The grief for the three dead and eight hurt will linger uninvited in that town.
In the same vein
All Hard Times →A tough job that only gets done one painful foot at a time.
Fend for yourself, because nobody's coming to feed you.
Can't take from someone what they simply don't have.
Life alternates between hitting and being hit.
Everything's going wrong in both directions at once.
Fix it, stretch it, or learn to live with the hole.