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Without literature, life is hell.

Without literature, life is hell.
– Charles Bukowski

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  4. A god without wrath, without intimidation, without punishment, without hell? It would be a paper tiger, a teddy bear! – Bangambiki Habyarimana
  5. No one spoke more about hell than Jesus did, and the hell He came to save men from was not only a hell on earth . . .it was something to come. – Billy Graham
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  8. Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is must we ever be. – Christopher Marlowe
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  18. There is no shadow without the sun.No suffering without divinity.No fear without love.No despair without desire.No hopelessness without faith. – Brownell Landrum
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  21. sometimes a man must fight so hard for life that he doesn’t have time to live it. – Charles Bukowski
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  25. A mind without freedom, a life without liberty, is like a heart without love, a journey without a destination. – Debasish Mridha
  26. I am too sick to lay downthe sidewalks frighten methe whole damned city frightens me,what I will becomewhat I have becomefrightens me. – Charles Bukowski
  27. I have one problem, I don’t hate people. They disgust me and I want to get away from them. I do not have hatred. I have an escape mechanism. – Charles Bukowski
  28. if you have to wait for it to roar out ofyou,then wait patiently.if it never does roar out of you,do something else. – Charles Bukowski
  29. When someone else’s truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that’s great. – Charles Bukowski
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