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Charles Bukowski Quotes

People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective Picture Quote #1

Sex is interesting, but it’s not totally important. I mean it’s not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement Picture Quote #1

The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop Picture Quote #1

I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street Picture Quote #1

I got up and walked back to my roominghouse. The moonlight was bright. My footsteps echoed in the empty street and it sounded as if somebody was following me, I looked around. I was mistaken. I was quite alone Picture Quote #1

I walk into the kitchen, look at the typer down there on the floor. It’s a dirty floor. It’s a dirty typer that types dirty stories Picture Quote #1

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They thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things Picture Quote #1

Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else’s truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that’s great Picture Quote #1

American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana Picture Quote #1

People see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it’s great. an Academy Award means that you don’t stink quite as much as your cousin Picture Quote #1

Well, death says, as he walks by, I’m going to get you anyhow no matter what you’ve been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I’m going to get you Picture Quote #1

It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn’t sing or laugh, or even argue. We sat drinking in the dark, smoking cigarettes, and when we went to sleep, I didn’t put my feet on her body or she on mine like we used to. We slept without touching. We had both been robbed Picture Quote #1

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A good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from ‘the luck of the word’ ) Picture Quote #1

They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them Picture Quote #1

But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to waste his life, finally. But many people did just that, friends and relatives mostly Picture Quote #1

Of course, there would always be arguments. That is the nature of Woman. They like the mutual exchange of dirty laundry, a bit of screaming, a bit of dramatics. Then an exchange of vows Picture Quote #1

I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world’s greatest horseplayer Picture Quote #1

Human relationships simply aren’t durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent Picture Quote #1

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Since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light Picture Quote #1

Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores Picture Quote #1

I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which says ‘What?’ about the American Public. Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality Picture Quote #1

Thanksgiving. It proved you had survived another year with its wars, inflation, unemployment, smog, presidents. It was a grand neurotic gathering of clans: loud drunks, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, screaming children, would-be suicides. And don’t forget indigestion. I wasn’t different from anyone else: There sat the 18-pound bird on my sink, dead, plucked, totally disemboweled. Iris would roast it for me Picture Quote #1

We waste days like mad blackbirds and pray for alcoholic nightsour silk-sick human smiles wrap around us like somebody else’s confetti Picture Quote #1

The human race had always disgusted me. essentially, what made them disgusting was the family-relationship illness, which included marriage, exchange of power and aid, which neighborhood, your district, your city, your county, your state, your nation-everybody grabbing each other’s assholes in the Honeycomb of survival out of a fear-animalistic stupidity Picture Quote #1

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Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art Picture Quote #1

I enjoy the bad things that are said about me. It enhances sales and makes me feel evil. I don’t like to feel good ‘cause I am good. But evil? Yes. It gives me another dimension Picture Quote #1

If I stop writing I am dead. And that’s the only way I’ll stop: dead Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well Picture Quote #1

Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet Picture Quote #1

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People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Sex is interesting, but it’s not totally important. I mean it’s not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I got up and walked back to my roominghouse. The moonlight was bright. My footsteps echoed in the empty street and it sounded as if somebody was following me, I looked around. I was mistaken. I was quite alone (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I walk into the kitchen, look at the typer down there on the floor. It’s a dirty floor. It’s a dirty typer that types dirty stories (Charles Bukowski Quotes) They thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else’s truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that’s great (Charles Bukowski Quotes) American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it’s great. an Academy Award means that you don’t stink quite as much as your cousin (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Well, death says, as he walks by, I’m going to get you anyhow no matter what you’ve been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I’m going to get you (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn’t sing or laugh, or even argue. We sat drinking in the dark, smoking cigarettes, and when we went to sleep, I didn’t put my feet on her body or she on mine like we used to. We slept without touching. We had both been robbed (Charles Bukowski Quotes) A good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from ‘the luck of the word’ ) (Charles Bukowski Quotes) They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them (Charles Bukowski Quotes) But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to waste his life, finally. But many people did just that, friends and relatives mostly (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Of course, there would always be arguments. That is the nature of Woman. They like the mutual exchange of dirty laundry, a bit of screaming, a bit of dramatics. Then an exchange of vows (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world’s greatest horseplayer (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Human relationships simply aren’t durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which says ‘What?’ about the American Public. Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Thanksgiving. It proved you had survived another year with its wars, inflation, unemployment, smog, presidents. It was a grand neurotic gathering of clans: loud drunks, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, screaming children, would-be suicides. And don’t forget indigestion. I wasn’t different from anyone else: There sat the 18-pound bird on my sink, dead, plucked, totally disemboweled. Iris would roast it for me (Charles Bukowski Quotes) We waste days like mad blackbirds and pray for alcoholic nightsour silk-sick human smiles wrap around us like somebody else’s confetti (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The human race had always disgusted me. essentially, what made them disgusting was the family-relationship illness, which included marriage, exchange of power and aid, which neighborhood, your district, your city, your county, your state, your nation-everybody grabbing each other’s assholes in the Honeycomb of survival out of a fear-animalistic stupidity (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I enjoy the bad things that are said about me. It enhances sales and makes me feel evil. I don’t like to feel good ‘cause I am good. But evil? Yes. It gives me another dimension (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If I stop writing I am dead. And that’s the only way I’ll stop: dead (Charles Bukowski Quotes) 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 Quotes) To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet. (Charles Bukowski Quotes)

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