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“People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be.”

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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

“Kisten, please don't leave me," I begged, and his eyes opened. "I'm cold," he said, fear rising in his blue eyes. I held him tighter. "I'm holding you. It's going to be okay." "Tell Ivy," he said with a gasp, clenching in on himself. "Tell Ivy that it wasn't her fault. And tell her that at the end... you remember love. I don't think... we lose our souls... at all. I think God keeps them for us until we... come home. I love you, Rachel." "I love you, too, Kisten," I sobbed, and as I watched, his eyes, memorizing my face, silvered, and he died.”

Thinking Said Soul Ends Home Eye Remember Faces Loses Love You Cold Please Okay Died Blue Faults His Eyes Rising Coming Home Leaving Me Blue Eyes Ivy Memorizing I Love You Too Don't Leave Me

Author:Kim Harrison

“When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at this point, since at the rate things are going, I'll be dead in a day. And that's the best-case scenario, if I'm able to eliminate the rest of the field, including myself, and get Peeta crowned as the winner of the Quarter Quell. Still, the sensation's so unexpected and sweet I cling to it, if only for a few moments. Before the gritty sand, the hot sun, and my itching skin demand a return to reality.”

Source: The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy

“Anyone can be killed.”

Starks Arya Stark

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn't change them. That hurt.”

Stills Feelings Dream Hurt Angry Irrational Togetherness Unreasonable

Author:Abraham Verghese

“The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect”

Way Giving Hard Life Is Return Protect Garden Treasure Burned Nurture Fullness Love And Respect

Author:Neil Peart

“I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.”

Thinking Bigs Danger Diaries

Book:Nausea

Source: Nausea

“The day I went into physics class it was death.”

Class Physics

Book:the bell jar

Source: the bell jar

“Time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.”

Filled Existentialism Plunge Filled Up

Book:Nausea

Source: Nausea

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