When I started writing I was a sick teenagedfuck inside who partlythought I was the new Marquis de Sade, a bodydoomed to communicatewith Satan who was us-ing my sickness as hishome away from home, and there’s your proof.

Dennis Cooper
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When I started writingI was a sick teenagedfuck inside who partlythought I was the newMarquis de Sade, a bodydoomed to communicatewith Satan who was us-ing my sickness as hishome away from home,and there’s your proof. This quote is fromby Charles Bukowski. The quote itself comes from a letter where Bukowski complains about the music he was listening to and it’s connection to his “depression.” Not only did Bukowski use this phrase in that letter, he also used this exact same quote again in another letter he wrote. In both letters, he talks about his “depression” and how he thinks his music is helping him fight it.

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