“Maybe she hadn’t saved the world but she had made a major improvement.”

— Charles Bukowski, book Post Office

Post Office (1971)
Context: I squeezed Fay’s hand, kissed her on the forehead. She closed her eyes and seemed to sleep then. She was not a young woman. Maybe she hadn’t saved the world but she had made a major improvement. Ring one up for Fay.

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