“each man's hell is in a different place:
mine is just up and behind
my ruined face.”

—  Charles Bukowski

Variant: each man's hell is in a different
place: mine is just up and
behind
my ruined
face.
--from Let's Make a Deal
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

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