By the time we meet them, the Tyrones, gutted by the past, are living compromised lives, as we all do.
(I say "rarely" because there may be, for example, cases of intensely lived but morally compromised lives of investment that do not cross any moral limit to meaningfulness).
Murdoch's story can be subtle and heartfelt, most notably as it charts the melancholy, meandering voyage the young couple take toward compromised lives.
Most of them lead severely compromised lives, spending several afternoons a week at a dialysis center, or hooked up to a machine at home every night.
Like many other anguished parents, I don't want to see more children suffer and lead compromised lives.
After all, Garance, the heroine, makes her compromise, living with the truly vile Count — and she comforts herself with the thought that she hasn't really sold out, since she never calls him "lover" or "love," only "my friend".
But she said Wednesday that she expected to ask the Council next month to vote on a compromise living wage bill that would require developers or companies that receive subsidies from the city to pay a set wage, higher than the minimum wage, to their employees.
Mr. Herbert said he discovered recently that he is still willing to compromise to live at the Shipyard, though differently.
"Any organisation that says it is not internally compromised is living in cloud cuckoo land," said Watson.
As usual, Catherine advised the king, who had fled the city in the nick of time, to compromise and live to fight another day.
