“People diminish me; the longer I sit and listen to them, the more empty I feel but I don’t get the idea that they feel empty, I feel that they enjoy the sound from their mouths.”
CHARLES BUKOWSKI
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His pen was his scalpel, dissecting the mundane and the profound with equal gusto. A controversial figure? Absolutely. A misanthropic womanizer with a penchant for booze and cigarettes? Guilty as charged. But boring? Never!
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