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a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )
Charles Bukowski
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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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Your parents don't give you much love, do they?' 'I don't need that stuff,' I told her. 'Henry, everybody needs love.' 'I don't need anything.' 'You poor boy.
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she’ mad but she’ magic. there’ no lie in her fire.
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I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.
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she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.
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