Hanseo

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.

people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.

people just are not good to each other
one on one.

the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.

we are afraid.

our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.

it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.

or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone

untouched
unspoken to

watering a plant.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell

“Saper vivere vuol dire non dimenticare mai queste quattro regole: non dire parole sbagliate, non dormire nel letto sbagliato, non varcare la soglia sbagliata e non infilare la mano nella tasca sbagliata.”
― Yu Hua, To Live

“But now she couldn’t deny what was staring her plainly in the face: dogs in China ate better than doctors in North Korea.”
― Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea