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Quote by Charles Bukowski

“I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.”

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Charles Bukowski, born on August 16, 1920, was an influential American poet. Known for his unique style and profound depiction of the lives of the underclass in America, he is considered one of the representatives of the Beat Generation. more

“My fear represented the failure of the human system. It is a sad truth of our creation: Something is amiss in our design, there are loose ends of our psychology that are simply not wrapped up. My fears were the dirty secrets of evolution. They were not provided for, and I was forced to construct elaborate temples to house them.”

Humans Ends House Secret Psychology Design Creation Evolution Dirty Temples Constructs Sad Truth Loose Ends Dirty Secrets

Book:The pleasure of my company

Source: The pleasure of my company

“Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves.”

Ends Successful Revolution

Author:Terry Eagleton

“No wonder you and Jace like each other so much. You're both crazy walking arsenals.”

Wonder Crazy Walking Jace Arsenal

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

“Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid any awkward moment when the realness of reality sticks its fork into our flesh, leaving us standing there, together. I want to stay here, in this moment, and never go to other places, where we don't know what to say or what to do.”

Knows Want Feels Ends Moments Reality Running Together Laughing Forever Standing Sticks Leaving Flesh Awkward Footsteps Forks Standing There Realness

Book:I Am the Messenger

Source: I Am the Messenger

“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”

Believe Persons Made Science Theory Experiments Made It

Book:Some strangeness in the proportion: a centennial symposium to celebrate the achievements of Albert Einstein

Source: Some strangeness in the proportion: a centennial symposium to celebrate the achievements of Albert Einstein

“It’s okay to struggle to find our place in this world and the person who will take us for who and what we are. Sometimes we dress ourselves in layers that only get peeled away in the end, to leave us as we should be.”

World Should Persons Ends Sometimes Struggle This World Okay Dresses Layers

Author:Megan Hart

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