Lafou

“She knew what she wanted and it wasn’t me. I know more women like that than any other kind.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love is a Dog from Hell

“I care for you, darling, I love you,
the only reason I fucked L. is because you fucked
Z. and then I fucked R. and you fucked N.
and because you fucked N. I had to fuck
Y. But I think of you constantly, I feel you
here in my belly like a baby, love I'd call it,
no matter what happens I'd call it love, and so
you fucked C. and then before I could move
you fucked W., so I had to fuck D. But
I want you to know that I love you, I think of you
constantly, I don't think I've ever loved anybody
like I love you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

“How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“she's half-insane, looking for an out; she's hard, she's scared, she's been fooled, taken, abused, used, over-used . . .
but, under all that, to me she's the flower, I see her as she was before she was ruined by the lies: theirs and hers.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense