I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThe difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
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Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
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Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.
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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.
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In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
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The tired sunsets and the tired people – it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
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Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside – remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.
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That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.
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There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.
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Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
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Life’s as kind as you let it be.
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Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity
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Before my death I hope to obtain my life
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We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
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People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water.
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I never met another man I’d rather be. And even if that’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one.
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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.
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Sex is interesting, but it’s not totally important.
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The world is full of boring, identical and mindless people.
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My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
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Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.
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Being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
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I still have a little whiskey left and therefore a chance.
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Anything is a waste of time unless you are fucking well or creating well or getting well or looming toward a kind of phantom – love – happiness.
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