"Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind."

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why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened? because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high. (Night Streets of Madness)

— Charles Bukowski