"If you're losing your soul and you know i…" — Charles Bukowski

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This reads as a bleak kind of honesty. Bukowski points to the idea that self-loss is only possible if some inner core is still there, so the line carries both warning and a stubborn trace of hope. It lands when someone feels compromised by work, habit, or addiction, yet still has enough awareness to notice that something precious is slipping away.

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Originally said in English.

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About Charles Bukowski

German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer

Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. He became closely associated with Los Angeles, the city he made his home, and his work reflects that setting and its pressures. His writing focuses on the lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the grind of work. He wrote with direct attention to everyday hardship and the conditions that shaped it.