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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThere is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
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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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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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What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
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Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
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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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Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.
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I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.
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The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.
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We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system.
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The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
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The tigers have found me and I do not care.
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Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.
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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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