Charles Bukowski on darkness
Charles Bukowski101 quotes“We must bring our own light to the darkness.”
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Are you becoming what you’ve always hated?
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski You can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Do you hate people? I don’t hate them, I just feel better when they’re not around.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski I never met another man I’d rather be. And even if that’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Nobody can save you but yourself and you’re worth saving. it’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Before my death I hope to obtain my life
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Baby,” I said, “I’m a genius but nobody knows it but me.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen If I get in a dark spot, I’ll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
Hailey BieberHailey Bieber Like a flower, that hides from the sun and discovers it still grows and blooms, I am learning that I too, can survive the dark, without you.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Character is what a man is in the dark.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham Pull me close when the light gives way to dark. Hold me tight until the stars all burn away. Dance with me to the rhythm of our hearts.
Buried CaesarBuried Caesar
