Charles Bukowski Quotes

Charles Bukowski Quote of the day

Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.

Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse?

I am sick with caring.

the best part waspulling down theshadesstuffing the doorbellwith ragsputting the phonein therefrigeratorand going to bedfor 3 or 4days. and the next bestpartwasnobody evermissedme.

peace of mind and heartarriveswhen we accept what is:having beenborn into thisstrange lifewe must acceptthe wasted gamble of ourdaysand take some satisfaction inthe pleasure ofleaving it allbehind.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence".

no concept of danger, reality, flow or compassion. you can feel the despair escaping from their machines, their lives as hopeless and as numbed as yours.

wesat theresmokingcigarettesat5in the morning.

there are so many dayswhen living stops and pulls up and sitsand waits like a train on the rails.

all people start tocome apart finallyand there it is:just empty ashtrays in a roomor wisps of hair on a combin the dissolving moonlight.

Mëso të mos e shkatërrosh me fjalë atë çfarë ke ndërtuar me heshtje.

I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.

Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.

when you're younga pair offemalehigh-heeled shoesjust sittingalonein the closetcan fire yourbones

There is a quality about women who choosemen sparingly

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job

Only the poor knew the meaning of life