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“I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.”

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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

“When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When were the fairy stories of the superstitious placed above criticism, beyond satire? A religion was not a race. It was an idea, and ideas stood (or fell) because they were strong enough (or too weak) to withstand criticism, not because they were shielded from it. Strong ideas welcomed dissent.”

Ideas Reason Enough Stories Strong Race Criticism Weak Fairy Satire Dislike Irrational Strong Enough Dissent Superstitious Fairy Stories

Book:Joseph Anton

Source: Joseph Anton

“Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.”

Trying Winning Jackasses Daring Greatly My Haters

Author:Brené Brown

“Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!’ said Jimmy longingly. ‘How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!”

Said Stills Night House Wish Fields Towns Lovely Wheels Going Away Jimmy Lanes Caravans

Author:Enid Blyton

“As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always equal to his power. Thus there is no authority on earth so inherently worthy of respect, or invested with a right so sacred, that I would want to let it act without oversight or rule without impediment (p. 290).”

Want Earth Justice Powerful Danger Equal Authority Sacred Worthy Impediments Oversight

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“I love you,” she says. “I love you,” I say. And then we hang up, because nothing else needs to be said after that. I want to give Zara her life back. Even if I feel I deserve something like this, I don’t deserve it at her expense.”

Ifs Want Needs Giving Feels Said Love You Deserve Expenses Say I Love You Hang Ups Zara

Book:Every Day

Source: Every Day

“The smell of the sea swept over the wall and in through the empty window-hole, wide and wild with a million intoxicating secrets. I don't trust that smell. It hooks us somewhere deeper than reason or civilization, in the fragments of our cells that rocked in oceans before we had minds, and it pulls till we follow mindlessly as rutting animals....It lures us to leap off high cliffs, fling ourselves on towering waves, leaves behind everyone we love and face into thousands of miles of open water for the sake of what might be on the far shore.”

“Over time, the ghosts of things that happened start to turn distant; once they've cut you a couple of million times, their edges blunt on your scar tissue, they wear thin. The ones that slice like razors forever are the ghosts of things that never got the chance to happen.”

Happens Turns Chance Millions Forever Cutting Happened Couple Edges Ghost Scar Tissues Blunt Razors Scar Tissue

Book:Broken Harbour: Dublin Murder Squad: 4. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the Year

Source: Broken Harbour: Dublin Murder Squad: 4. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the Year

“Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.”

Men Life Is Lost Principles Complicated

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

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