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The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems, 1951-1993

by Charles Bukowski

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“some birds aren`t ment to be caged... their feathers are just to bright....”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

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“It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long as there is that untouched point, it's not really pain.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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“Once you make peace with authority you
become an authority”
― Jim Morrison

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“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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