What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIThe shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
-
-
Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
I 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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
The tired sunsets and the tired people – it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Do you hate people? I don’t hate them, I just feel better when they’re not around.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Without literature, life is hell.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
We must bring our own light to the darkness.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI -
Love 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 BUKOWSKI