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Why do you insist upon destroying yourself? (Charles Bukowski)
Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid. View quote
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My body gnaws at me from one side and my spirit gnaws at me from the other. View quote
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they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth? View quote
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I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it. View quote
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Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers. View quote
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I wasn't going anywhere and neither was the rest of the world. We were all just hanging around waiting to die and meanwhile doing little things to fill the space. Some of use weren't even doing little things. We were vegetables. View quote
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The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless. View quote
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You can't beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it. View quote
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They were beautiful nothings. View quote
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He had long nostril hairs, powerfully intimidating, like an unscheduled nightmare. (Charles Bukowski)
I guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the day by day things, the waste of time, of ourselves. View quote
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whiskey makes the heart beat faster but it sure doesn't help the mind and isn't it funny how you can ache just from the deadly drone of existence? View quote
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The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous. View quote
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If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates. View quote
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The night kept coming on in and there was nothing I could do. View quote
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It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any. View quote
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So, that's what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That's what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me. View quote
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People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws. View quote
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Sometimes a man doesn't know what to do about things and sometimes it's best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything. View quote
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pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more. (Charles Bukowski)
Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse? View quote
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If I have any advice to anybody it's this: take up watercolor painting. View quote
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I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future. View quote
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A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession. View quote
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