Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
CHARLES BUKOWSKISimplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity
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We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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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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Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.
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Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.
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The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.
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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.
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We must bring our own light to the darkness.
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I wanted the whole world or nothing.
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Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.
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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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Find 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.
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Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity
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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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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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Being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
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If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.
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Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.
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She’s mad, but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.
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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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My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
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Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody.
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The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
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Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum.
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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.
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Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else.
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Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.
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