Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
CHARLES BUKOWSKISimplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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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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Without literature, life is hell.
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Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual – some lose both and become accepted.
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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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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
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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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What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
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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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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
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I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.
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If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.
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Great art is horseshit, buy tacos.
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Do you hate people? I don’t hate them, I just feel better when they’re not around.
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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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