Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“Lighting new cigarettes,
pouring more
drinks.
It has been a beautiful
fight.
Still
is.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
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