Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThe 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.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.
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Life’s as kind as you let it be.
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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 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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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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Are you becoming what you’ve always hated?
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Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that’s why we get along.
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The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
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I never met another man I’d rather be. And even if that’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one.
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People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water.
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Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
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Anything is a waste of time unless you are fucking well or creating well or getting well or looming toward a kind of phantom – love – happiness.
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She’s mad, but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.
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In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
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Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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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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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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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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I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.
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To do a dull thing with style-now that’s what I call art.
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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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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.
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You can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
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Only the boring get bored.
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I still have a little whiskey left and therefore a chance.
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