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“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”
― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

tags: fire, flame, isolation, laughter, loss, sacrifice

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“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag-and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you. ”
― Doris Lessing

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Reddit — 2330 members — last activity May 26, 2022 02:58PM
I heard that you had a passing interest in literature...

Organizational Behavior & Industrial/Organizational Psychology Group — 95 members — last activity Mar 26, 2012 07:52AM
Those who are interested in the topics of organizational behavior and/or industrial/organizational psychology should join this group for exposure to e ...more

Between the Covers Book Club — 88 members — last activity Aug 25, 2025 11:03AM
We're a pretty laid back group of Chicagoans in our 30's. We read fairly modern works and discuss them casually over snacks and drinks. The club start ...more

Ask Roberto Scarlato — 11 members — last activity Feb 16, 2013 06:52PM
I've written 4 books, 60 short stories and a couple of novellas. The process itself wasn't easy. But I'm sure I can answer some questions about where ...more