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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKII had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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You have to die a few times before you can really live.
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The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
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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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My beer drunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.
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Dogs and angels are not very far apart.
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I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
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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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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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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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In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
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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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We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.
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The less I needed, the better I felt.
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The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.
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Before my death I hope to obtain my life
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The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
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We must bring our own light to the darkness.
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There is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy.
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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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If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.
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Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual – some lose both and become accepted.
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In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed.
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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.
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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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The tired sunsets and the tired people – it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
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Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.
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