“Animals
never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. maybe that's why we get along”
― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems
― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems
“The
free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel
good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness
― Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness
“That's
the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something
bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink
in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something
happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women
― Charles Bukowski, Women
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“The
problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while
the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
“An
intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way.
An
artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
“there
are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
“We're
all going to die, all of us, what a circus!
That
alone should make us love each other but it doesn't.
We
are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by
nothing.”
― Charles Bukowski
― Charles Bukowski
