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she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness and 2 more: youth and beauty
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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Henry Charles Bukowski
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it seemed to me that I had never met another person on earth as discouraging to my happiness as my father. and it appeared that I had the same effect upon him.
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Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.
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if you get married they think you're finished and if you are without a woman they think you're incomplete.
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we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning.
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He had long nostril hairs, powerfully intimidating, like an unscheduled nightmare.
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