Before my death I hope to obtain my life
CHARLES BUKOWSKIBefore my death I hope to obtain my life
CHARLES BUKOWSKIMy beer drunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIWe are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system.
CHARLES BUKOWSKII want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIYou can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThat’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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKILove is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIBeing alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
CHARLES BUKOWSKII never met another man I’d rather be. And even if that’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIWe’ve died so many times now that we can only wonder why we still care.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThere are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIDrinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIFind what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain from you your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you, and let it devour your remains.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIWe are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIPoetry is what happens when nothing else can.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIPeople 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 BUKOWSKI