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Quote by Charles Bukowski

“Maybe when I get in the grave, things will be beautiful.”

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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

“There's no light at the end of the tunnel, there isn't even a tunnel. The best thing I can do is get drunk and listen to classical music. Or sleep and wait for death to get closer. Leaving this will not be a horrible thing. Yet I'm glad, somehow, that I threw my words in the air: confetti, celebrating nothing.”

“Crisis is the path to happiness. Decay and disintegration do not spell doom, but ascent and beginning. The powerful forces of a new creation operate in the hush beyond the noise of the day.”

Force Powerful Path Creation Crisis Noise Spells Decay Doom Hush Ascent Disintegration

Book:Michael: a novel

Source: Michael: a novel

“In the course of history no people have ever been given freedom like a present, and if freedom did not cost anything than no people would ever keep it! Freedom has a high price, and men must ever struggle to preserve it.”

People Ifs Men Courses Given Struggle Cost Preserves High Prices

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.”

Knows Men Wells Loses Magic Opposites Distance Admire Great Men

Author:Rudolf Hess

“Do not seek Adolf Hitler with your mind. You will find him through the strength of your hearts.”

Mind Heart

Author:Joseph Goebbels

“Everything on this earth can be made into something better. Every defeat may be made the foundation of a future victory. Every lost war may be the cause of a later resurgence. Every visitation of distress can give a new impetus to human energy. And out of every oppression those forces can develop which bring about a new rebirth.”

Source: Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)

“After a certain period of time, when I had acquired more insight into the Fuehrer's personality, I gave him my hand and said: "I unite my fate with yours for better or for worse: I dedicate myself to you in good times and in bad, even unto death." I really meant it-and still do.”

Said Stills Hands Certain Fate Personality Periods Insight Good Times Really Mean

Author:Hermann Goring

“...the soul does not require the organs of sense in order to see, hear, smell, taste and feel, in a much more perfect state; but with this great difference, that in such a state, it stands in much nearer connection with the spirtual than the material world.”

World Feels Doe Soul States Order Differences Perfect Materials Taste Connections Smell Organs Material World

Author:Carl Jung

“Only atheists attempt to comprehend god with their mind.”

Mind Atheist

Author:Nicolaus Zinzendorf

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