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"Sometimes when everything seems atits worstwhen all conspiresand gnawsand the hours, days, weeksyearsseem wasted " stretched there upon my bedin the darklooking upward at the ceilingi get what many will consider anobnoxious thought:it's still nice to beBukowski."
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"Life gives us many test. We must graciously take each test!"
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"Be willing to pass through a short term pain so that you can come out with a long term gain. Don't fear the horrible waves of the waters, just dare to cross and you get there!"
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"Patience brings perseverance."
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"A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn."
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"Life demands discomfort and pain."
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"One mile farther and I come to a second grave beside the road, nameless like the other, marked only with the dull blue-black stones of the badlands. I do not pause this time. The more often you stop the more difficult it is to continue. Stop too long and they cover you with rocks."
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"I walked without breaks, slept through nights without waking, inhumanly smooth " a small machine."
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"Love is what remains after the falling in love is gone."
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"Deeds of endurance, which seem ordinary in philosophy, are rare in conduct."
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"The true test of a warrior is how your 'stance' holds up after any 'circumstance'. Meaning, even after the stormiest weather, a true warrior will still reflect the brilliant rays of the magnificent sun through both his or her eyes. You may get hit by sudden lightning or take severe beatings from the cruel wind, but you will always get back up and stand strong on your feet again, soak in the sunlight, and be prepared to get hit by even the most merciless hail - time and time again."
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"I was alone with myself. And disgusting as I was it was better than being with somebody else, anybody else, all of them out there doing their pitiful little tricks and handsprings."
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"Some people never go crazy. Me, sometimes I'll lie down behind the couch for 3 or 4 days. They'll find me there. It's Cherub, they'll say, and they pour wine down my throat rub my chest sprinkle me with oils. Then, I'll rise with a roar, rant, rage - curse them and the universe as I send them scattering over the lawn. I'll feel much better, sit down to toast and eggs, hum a little tune, Suddenly become as lovable as a pink overfed whale. Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."
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"Walking out with the people, I didn't know which was more exciting, the air race, the parachute jump that failed, or the cunt."
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"I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough."
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"...they would say 'he said this, he did that', but they would never say 'she said this, she did that'. So I would say, they are sick, and I am well. Pardon me."
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"When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great."
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"The ass is the face of the soul of sex."
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"Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments."
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"Without literature, life is hell."
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"It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun."
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