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“some moments are nice, some are
nicer, some are even worth
writing
about.”
― Charles Bukowski, War All the Time: Poems 1981 - 1984

“The fuckers. There, I feel better. God-damned human race. There, I feel better.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

“so it's always a process of letting go, one way or another”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“nothing can save
you
except
writing.
it keeps the walls
from
failing.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.”
― Charles Bukowski

“writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.”
― Charles Bukowski

“I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.”
― Charles Bukowski

“people run from rain but
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“‎"she’ mad but she’
magic. there’ no lie in her fire.”
― Charles Bukowski

“It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.”
― Charles Bukowski

“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”
― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell

“The more crap you believe, the better off you are.”
― 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 was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Beware
Those Who
Are ALWAYS
READING
BOOKS”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“Our disappointment sits between us.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

“It began as a mistake.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're
just as crazy as the rest of them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell

“People empty me. I have to get away to refill.”
― Charles Bukowski

“I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love,
and how you gave me everything you had
and how I offered you what was left of me.”
― Charles Bukowski

“The less I needed, the better I felt.”
― Charles Bukowski

“The nights you fight best are
when all the weapons are pointed at you,
when all the voices hurl their insults
while the dream is being strangled.

The nights you fight best are
when reason gets kicked in the gut,
when the chariots of gloom encircle you.

The nights you fight best are
when the laughter of fools fills the air,
when the kiss of death is mistaken for love.

The nights you fight best are
when the game is fixed,
when the crowd screams for your blood.

The nights you fight best are
on a night like this
as you chase a thousand dark rats from your brain,
as you rise up against the impossible,
as you become a brother to the tender sister of joy

and move on

regardless.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Love breaks my
bones and I
laugh”
― Charles Bukowski

“I don't remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“Eyes. Those damn eyes fucked me forever.”
― Charles Bukowski

“nobody can save you but
yourself.
you will be put again and again
into nearly impossible
situations.
they will attempt again and again
through subterfuge, guise and
force
to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly
inside.

nobody can save you but
yourself
and it will be easy enough to fail
so very easily
but don’t, don’t, don’t.
just watch them.
listen to them.
do you want to be like that?
a faceless, mindless, heartless
being?
do you want to experience
death before death?

nobody can save you but
yourself
and you’re worth saving.
it’s a war not easily won
but if anything is worth winning then
this is it.

think about it.
think about saving your self.”
― Charles Bukowski

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
― Charles Bukowski