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Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.
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too often, the only escape is sleep
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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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stay with the beer. beer is continuous blood. a continuous lover.
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It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.
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If you want to create, you'll create.
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Sexual intercourse is kicking death in the ass while singing.
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