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Charles Bukowski Quotes

Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem Picture Quote #1

There is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day Picture Quote #1

A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated. - from ‘Cows in Art Class Picture Quote #1

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same Picture Quote #1

My flesh looked like it wasn’t trying. It looked like it hated being part of me Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there’s nothing else to do, and there’s usually nothing else to do Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t have any friends at school, didn’t want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me Picture Quote #1

Escape from the black widow spider is a miracle as great as art. what a web she can weave slowly drawing you to her she’ll embrace you then when she’s satisfied she’ll kill you still in her embrace and suck the blood from you Picture Quote #1

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does Picture Quote #1

Love is not a candle burning down. Life is. And love and life are not the same or else Love, having choice, nobody would ever die Picture Quote #1

If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it Picture Quote #1

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn’t deceive anybody. It’s the deceivers who make you feel bad Picture Quote #1

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Well, I don’t know about you but I’m going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about things, what makes them work! Picture Quote #1

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I’ll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities Picture Quote #1

She slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn’t feelalone Picture Quote #1

But isn’t there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together Picture Quote #1

If you think they didn’t go crazy in tiny rooms just like you’re doing now without women without food without hope then you’re not ready Picture Quote #1

The lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end Picture Quote #1

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What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability Picture Quote #1

Each man’s hell is in a different place: mine is just up and behind my ruined face Picture Quote #1

Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways Picture Quote #1

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist Picture Quote #1

Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn Picture Quote #1

Do you hate people? I don’t hate them...I just feel better when they’re not around Picture Quote #1

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It’s good to have things done withwhen they don’t workit’s also good not to hateor even forgetthe person you’ve failed with Picture Quote #1

I write right off the typer. I call it my machinegun. I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies Picture Quote #1

So, that’s what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That’s what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me Picture Quote #1

Darkness falls upon Humanityand faces become terriblethingsthat wanted more than therewas.all our days are marked withunexpectedaffronts - somedisastrous, othersless sobut the process iswearing andcontinuous.attrition rules.most givewayleavingempty spaceswhere people shouldbe.and nowas we ready to self-destructthere is very little left tokillwhich makes the tragedyless and moremuch muchmore 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

There was something about that city, though it didn’t let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so many others needed. it let me alone Picture Quote #1

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Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day (Charles Bukowski Quotes) A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated. - from ‘Cows in Art Class (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) My flesh looked like it wasn’t trying. It looked like it hated being part of me. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There’s nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there’s nothing else to do, and there’s usually nothing else to do. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I didn’t have any friends at school, didn’t want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Escape from the black widow spider is a miracle as great as art. what a web she can weave slowly drawing you to her she’ll embrace you then when she’s satisfied she’ll kill you still in her embrace and suck the blood from you. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Love is not a candle burning down. Life is. And love and life are not the same or else Love, having choice, nobody would ever die. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn’t deceive anybody. It’s the deceivers who make you feel bad. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Well, I don’t know about you but I’m going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about things, what makes them work! (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I’ll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) She slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn’t feelalone. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) But isn’t there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If you think they didn’t go crazy in tiny rooms just like you’re doing now without women without food without hope then you’re not ready. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Each man’s hell is in a different place: mine is just up and behind my ruined face (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Do you hate people? I don’t hate them...I just feel better when they’re not around. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It’s good to have things done withwhen they don’t workit’s also good not to hateor even forgetthe person you’ve failed with. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I write right off the typer. I call it my machinegun. I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) So, that’s what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That’s what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me. (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Darkness falls upon Humanityand faces become terriblethingsthat wanted more than therewas.all our days are marked withunexpectedaffronts - somedisastrous, othersless sobut the process iswearing andcontinuous.attrition rules.most givewayleavingempty spaceswhere people shouldbe.and nowas we ready to self-destructthere is very little left tokillwhich makes the tragedyless and moremuch muchmore. (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) There was something about that city, though it didn’t let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so many others needed. it let me alone. (Charles Bukowski Quotes)

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