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what matters most is how well you walk through the fire
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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He asked, What makes a man a writer? Well, I said, it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.
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the grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy.
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It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left.
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If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.
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Keep your money in your pocket. Or bet it on a good horse.
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there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity.
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