The famous line "find what you love and let it kill you" is almost universally attributed to Charles Bukowski, though history tells a slightly more complicated story. Literature scholars and researchers have found no evidence that Bukowski ever wrote or spoke those exact words in his books, poems, or letters. The phrase actually originated with the Texas musician and author Kinky Friedman in the 1980s. Yet, despite being a misattribution, millions of people attach the quote to Bukowski.
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