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.
CHARLES BUKOWSKISlavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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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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The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
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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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She’s mad, but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.
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You can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
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The trouble with a mask is it never changes.
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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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The world is full of boring, identical and mindless people.
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Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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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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What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
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Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.
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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.
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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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Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.
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