Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.
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With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautif
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Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.
Suddenly I wanted to go over and hug her, for no other reason than I loved her.
It would have broken my heart if it hadn't been so damn familiar. I guess I'd gotten numb to that sort of thing. I had heart-leather like walruses got blubber.
You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me. There's a lot out there.
She smelled like herself, like the wind through a tree.
You know how it is when you get back with somebody you’ve loved. It felt better than it ever was, better than it ever could be again.
Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.
Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.