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Love breaks my bones and I laugh

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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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I am a dolt of a man, easily made happy or even stupidly happy almost without cause and left alone I am mostly content.
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they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth?
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Most of the world was mad. And the part that wasn't mad was angry. And the part that wasn't mad or angry was just stupid. I had no chance. I had no choice. Just hang on and wait for the end. It was hard work. It was the hardest work imaginable.
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if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it.
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I am this fiery snail crawling home.
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