that's life

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And the whole business proves, happily, to have a lot of heart — broken sometimes, but that’s life, even in Toontown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The latest act in the play that’s life in downtown Los Angeles greeted me when I parked at a Chinatown lot Wednesday afternoon:

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

"It is always unfortunate when you lose players, but that’s life, and new players will come and they will become heroes."

From BBC • May 27, 2024

It’s modest compared with the residences of all my Sims, and every bill and breakage leaves me wishing I could just type rosebud and make it go away—but that’s life.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

I wrote one the day before; I'm not overly thrilled about it, but that's life.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann