Your life is your life. Don't let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can't beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The gods wait to delight in you.

— Charles Bukowski

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To ignore Christmas takes a special wisdom.

— Charles Bukowski

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The love of lonely people is the most authentic there can be. They love you by choice, not by necessity.

— Charles Bukowski

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There are two kinds of people in this world. Avoid them both.

— Charles Bukowski

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And remember this: The page you are looking at now, I once typed the words with care with you in mind under a yellow light with the radio on.

— Charles Bukowski

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We were never meant to be what we are or where we are, we are looking for an escape, some music from the sun, the girl we never found. We are betting on the miracle again there before the purple mountains as the horses parade past so much more beautiful than our lives.

— Charles Bukowski

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I feat on solitude, I will never miss the crowd.

— Charles Bukowski

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The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.

— Charles Bukowski

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