Charles Bukowski on darkness
Charles Bukowski101 quotes“We must bring our own light to the darkness.”
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Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Before my death I hope to obtain my life
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Baby,” I said, “I’m a genius but nobody knows it but me.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski The less I needed, the better I felt.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Great art is horseshit, buy tacos.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski The tired sunsets and the tired people – it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski We’ve died so many times now that we can only wonder why we still care.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted with waiting.
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We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
Claude MonetClaude Monet Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
Ice CubeIce Cube Every time I stray away from the Lord’s word, I find emptiness and darkness.
Tyson FuryTyson Fury I can fade to darkness too. Through fear or want or need, its true. If only to escape the truth; that loneliness abides with you.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen We’re all going to have tests in our life… We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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