More from Charles Bukowski
People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Knowledge without follow – through is worse than no knowledge.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski You have to die a few times before you can really live.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski There is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski 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.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Life’s as kind as you let it be.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski
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Nothing can give you lifelong happiness & peace other than your family.
Lily DiazLily Diaz I’m a temporary being consumed by a lifetime of fantasies.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez The amazing thing about us as humans is we’re capable of loving more than one person in our lifetime.
AurthurAurthur You become what you think about all day long and those days eventually become your lifetime.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The sooner you learn valuable things, the more you will compound it over your lifetime.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them. It may take a minute to say but for them, it could last forever.
Jessica PickardJessica Pickard Some people may slip out of your life, but they sure stay for a lifetime in your heart and memories.
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