“from the beginning, through the
middle years and up to the
end:
too bad, too bad, too bad.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way
“All middle men are bad.”
Melody Maker, 1967-12-09
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