Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIWhat matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
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Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.
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I lie as truthfully as I can.
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The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.
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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
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If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.
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In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
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To do a dull thing with style-now that’s what I call art.
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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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Do you hate people? I don’t hate them, I just feel better when they’re not around.
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Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.
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The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.
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