“as she
drove me through the hills everything screamed inside of
me, and I kept saying as we drove along
(to myself, of course)
fucker, it will pass,
everything passes,
it's all a joke
a joke on you”

— Charles Bukowski, book The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last

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