there are worse thingsthan being alonebut it often takesdeca... - Charles Bukowski

"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose"

"When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble."

"Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it."

"be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you"

"what matters most is how well you walk through the fire"