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Charles Bukowski Quotes

The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing Picture Quote #1

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice Picture Quote #1

People just weren’t interesting. Maybe they weren’t supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn’t understand it Picture Quote #1

The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page Picture Quote #1

The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up Picture Quote #1

I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic Picture Quote #1

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Take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning Picture Quote #1

Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else Picture Quote #1

As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize that a trap is a trap. If you are in one and you don’t realize it, then you’re finished Picture Quote #1

I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn’t know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think this is so important? And another part of me answered, just because it is Picture Quote #1

Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be young; I cry when it is fashionable to laugh. I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love Picture Quote #1

Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse? Picture Quote #1

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And if I have any advice to give to anybody it’s this: take up watercolor painting Picture Quote #1

Some men never die and some men never live but we’re all alive tonight Picture Quote #1

The impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions these mad dogs of glory moving this little bit of light toward us impossibly Picture Quote #1

People don’t need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn’t be Picture Quote #1

Terror finally becomes almost bearable but never quite terror creeps like a cat crawls like a cat across my mind Picture Quote #1

People are not good to each other. perhaps if they were our deaths would not be so sad Picture Quote #1

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I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty Picture Quote #1

I didn’t feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can’t say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted Picture Quote #1

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can’t even cry Picture Quote #1

All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn’t Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink Picture Quote #1

It didn’t pay to trust another human being. Humans didn’t have it, whatever it took Picture Quote #1

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I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren’t true, the fools were all the more foolish. What I need is a good doctor, I thought. You either lived or died Picture Quote #1

I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t Picture Quote #1

I do not like to work and have no trade but I do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear Picture Quote #1

And even the trees we walked under seemed less than trees and more like everything else Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t sleeping on the streets at night. Of course, there were a lot of good people sleeping in the streets. They weren’t fools, they just didn’t fit into the needed machinery of the moment. And those needs kept altering Picture Quote #1

There are so many days when living stops and pulls up and sits and waits like a train on the rails Picture Quote #1

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The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People just weren’t interesting. Maybe they weren’t supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn’t understand it (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else (Charles Bukowski Quotes) As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize that a trap is a trap. If you are in one and you don’t realize it, then you’re finished (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn’t know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think this is so important? And another part of me answered, just because it is (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be young; I cry when it is fashionable to laugh. I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse? (Charles Bukowski Quotes) And if I have any advice to give to anybody it’s this: take up watercolor painting (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Some men never die and some men never live but we’re all alive tonight (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions these mad dogs of glory moving this little bit of light toward us impossibly (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People don’t need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn’t be (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Terror finally becomes almost bearable but never quite terror creeps like a cat crawls like a cat across my mind (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People are not good to each other. perhaps if they were our deaths would not be so sad (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I didn’t feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can’t say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can’t even cry (Charles Bukowski Quotes) All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn’t (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It didn’t pay to trust another human being. Humans didn’t have it, whatever it took (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren’t true, the fools were all the more foolish. What I need is a good doctor, I thought. You either lived or died (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I do not like to work and have no trade but I do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear (Charles Bukowski Quotes) And even the trees we walked under seemed less than trees and more like everything else (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I wasn’t sleeping on the streets at night. Of course, there were a lot of good people sleeping in the streets. They weren’t fools, they just didn’t fit into the needed machinery of the moment. And those needs kept altering (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There are so many days when living stops and pulls up and sits and waits like a train on the rails (Charles Bukowski Quotes)

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