People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. Bu…

Charles Bukowski
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People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2009). Hollywood, p.178, Canongate Books
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