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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

by Michael Finkel (Goodreads Author)

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Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World

by Naomi Klein

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Maria’s Quotes

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.”
― Charles Bukowski

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“great writers are indecent people
they live unfairly
saving the best part for paper.

good human beings save the world
so that bastards like me can keep creating art,
become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead
it means I made it.”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last

tags: writers, writing

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“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
― Antonio Gramsci, Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters

tags: intellect, intelligence, optimism, pessimism, science, will

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“she was consumed by 3 simple things:
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last

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“She was desperate and she was choosey
at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what
she imagined herself to be.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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