When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer s…

Charles Bukowski
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When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2007). Women, Ecco
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