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The Difference Between Art and Life is that Art is More Bearable
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that
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It's hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry it's - don't. I'm going to send out for some fried chicken.
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All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.
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All our days are marked with/ unexpected/ affronts--some/ disastrous, others/ less so/ but the process is/ wearing and/ continuous./ Attrition rules./ Most give/ way/ leaving/ empty spaces/ where people should/ be.
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Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.
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If you want to create, you'll create.
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I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.
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American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana.
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there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are those who preach love and the best at war finally are those who preach peace
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There's nothing unusual about love.
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I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it.
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They were beautiful nothings
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I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.
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That's what friendship means: sharing the prejudice of experience.
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True revolution comes from true revulsion when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.
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They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.
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