"I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend."

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Charles Bukowski

#Old Friends Quotes #Used Quotes

“If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none.”

Source : Anti-virus presentation, Sydney, Australia, 1991.
“Only the wounded healer is able to heal. As long as we think that spiritual leaders need to be perfect, we live in poverty. I have a perfect teacher inside; there is no perfect teacher outside.”
“The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming about and is a world in which each and every one of us are protagonists of a destiny that we have in our hands.”
“wishes for sons by Lucille Clifton i wish them cramps. i wish them a strange town and the last tampon. I wish them no 7-11. i wish them one week early and wearing a white skirt. i wish them one week late. later i wish them hot flashes and clots like you wouldn't believe. let the flashes come when they meet someone special. let the clots come when they want to. let them think they have accepted arrogance in the universe, then bring them to gynecologists not unlike themselves.”
“Carrying a small notebook with you always, in your pocket or purse, along with a reliable ballpoint pen will enable you to jot down spot observations and quick character sketches before the first sharp impressions fade away. You'll need all kinds of story actors, because even picture books can include a wide range of ages, relationships, occupations, and nationalities. Learn to observe and analyze swiftly, wherever you are.”
“The main thing right now is just going out and having fun. I know what I want to do. If I go out and have fun and relax, then all my goals should come true.”
“When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.”

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