Dimitris Mavidis

“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.”
― Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

“If you’re going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don’t even start.”
― Charles Bukowski, Hot Water Music

“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“when the phone rings
I too would like to hear words
that might ease
some of this.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love is a dog from Hell