Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
CHARLES BUKOWSKII never met another man I’d rather be. And even if that’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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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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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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Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.
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Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.
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I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
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The world is full of boring, identical and mindless people.
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You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
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It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun.
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Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
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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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Knowledge without follow – through is worse than no knowledge.
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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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People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water.
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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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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
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We must bring our own light to the darkness.
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The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
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You can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
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There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.
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People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.
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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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Only the boring get bored.
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Sex is interesting, but it’s not totally important.
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Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.
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There is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy.
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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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