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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you
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the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever
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That's your response to everything: drink? No, that's my response to nothing.
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I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!
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That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.
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I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty.
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Gradually I came to realize that my understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasure is concerned.
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