This tends to be the place where I am expected to eloquently parade my accomplishments while preaching my life’s philosophy. Since that isn’t so much my speed, I will just list a couple of my favorite quotes by some of my favorite people. 

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“No pain means the end of feeling; each one of our joys is a bargain with the devil”

-       Charles Bukowski

“Without music, life would be a mistake”

-      Friedrich Nietzche

“If you want to know who your real friends are, get yourself a jail sentence”

-       Charles  Bukowski      

“Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.”

-       Patti  Smith

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”

 -       Ernest Hemingway

“ The feeling you get when you care too much. I can tell you. It’s pain wrapped up in tinsel foil and glitter”

  -        sk