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She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something. (Charles Bukowski)
I wish I were driving a blue 1952 Buick or a dark blue 1942 Buick or a blue 1932 Buick over a cliff of hell and into the sea. View quote
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I just let it roll. Like a hot turd down a hill. View quote
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the gods seldom give but so quickly take. View quote
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She was perfect, pure maddening sex, and she knew it, and she played on it, dripped it, and allowed you to suffer for it. View quote
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It's all overrated, man. Sex is only a great thing if you're not getting any. View quote
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Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free. View quote
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I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. View quote
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There is always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life. View quote
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the gods play no favorites. View quote
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Tell him to seek the stars and he will kill himself with climbing. (Charles Bukowski)
You get so alone at times that it just makes sense. View quote
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I run with the hunted. View quote
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I am sick with caring. View quote
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Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments. View quote
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I found the best thing I could do was just to type away at my own work and let the dying die as they always have. View quote
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Ya got cigarettes?” she asks. "Yes,” I say, "I got cigarettes.” "Matches?” she asks. "Enough to burn Rome.” "Whiskey?” "Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain.” "You drunk?” "Not yet. View quote
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peace of mind and heart arrives when we accept what is: having been born into this strange life we must accept the wasted gamble of our days and take some satisfaction in the pleasure of leaving it all behind. View quote
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Love is not a candle burning down. Life is. And love and life are not the same or else Love, having choice, nobody would ever die. View quote
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Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way. View quote
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I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't? (Charles Bukowski)
I decided to stay in bed until noon. Maybe by then half the world would be dead and it would only be half as hard to take. View quote
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Beautiful thoughts, and beautiful women never last. View quote
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Everything was eternally dreary, dismal, damned. Even the weather was insolent and bitchy. View quote
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the world is better without them. only the plants and the animals are true comrades. I drink to them and with them. View quote
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