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charles bukowski finish your letters normally challenge

"when men really mean something they don't say it in 14 letter words. ask any woman. they know."

and

"i'm not like frost: he has a lovers quarrel with the world and he won; i had a fighters fight with the word and i lost. i intend to keep losing but i doubt that i intend to quit fighting."

"you tell me, please, if you can play it safe and still sing the madman's beautiful song? no. i'll steal you. it's impossible." (56)

"a man's soul or lack of it will be evident with what he can carve upon a white sheet of paper"