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“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.”
― Charles Bukowski

“He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.”
― Charles Bukowski

“It seemed better to delay thinking.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought.
And then I did.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

“pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more.”
― Charles Bukowski

“she’s mad, but she’s magic.”
― Charles Bukowski

“True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.”
― Charles Bukowski

“To create art means
to be crazy alone
forever.”
― Charles Bukowski

“It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.”
― Charles Bukowski, Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories

“There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

“I just let it roll. Like a hot turd down a hill.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

“I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.”
― Charles Bukowski, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990

“Stop insisting on clearing your head — clear your fucking heart instead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair.”
― Charles Bukowski

“the courage it took to get out of bed each
morning
to face the same things
over and over
was
enormous.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“I always started a job with the feeling that I'd soon quit or be fired, and this gave ma a relaxex manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

“Who is this god person anyway?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
― Mark Twain

“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
― Nikola Tesla

“Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I will not live without love.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“But for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
― Socrates

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
― Socrates