I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.
CHARLES BUKOWSKII am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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I lie as truthfully as I can.
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She’s mad, but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.
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The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
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Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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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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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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We’ve died so many times now that we can only wonder why we still care.
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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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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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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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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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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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The less I needed, the better I felt.
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There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.
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