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Charles Bukowski Quotes

We have wasted history like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics Picture Quote #1

If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it Picture Quote #1

The public takes from a writer, or a writing, what it needs and lets the remainder go. but what they take is usually what they need least and what they let go is what they need most Picture Quote #1

I never write in the daytime. It’s like running through the shopping mall with your clothes off. Everybody can see you. At night... that’s when you pull the tricks... magic Picture Quote #1

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There is something about writing poetry that brings a man close to the cliff’s edge Picture Quote #1

I am a dolt of a man, easily made happy or even stupidly happy almost without cause and left alone I am mostly content Picture Quote #1

I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight Picture Quote #1

Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can’t break out of the movie. And it’s a bad one Picture Quote #1

The years have gone by quickly. Death sits in the seat next to me. We make a lovely couple Picture Quote #1

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It’s not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it’s the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left Picture Quote #1

Human relationships are strange. I mean, you are with one person a while, eating and sleeping and living with them, loving them, talking to them, going places together, and then it stops Picture Quote #1

I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life Picture Quote #1

If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose Picture Quote #1

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken Picture Quote #1

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does Picture Quote #1

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People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love Picture Quote #1

Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they’ll spit on you Picture Quote #1

If I’m an ass, I should say so. If I don’t, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them Picture Quote #1

Do you hate people? I don’t hate them... I just feel better when they’re not around Picture Quote #1

There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day Picture Quote #1

Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation Picture Quote #1

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There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you Picture Quote #1

I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all the things I had learned had been wasted. there was no creature living as foul as I and all my poems were false Picture Quote #1

It’s better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it Picture Quote #1

And then there are some who believe that old relationships can be revived and made new again. but please if you feel that way don’t phone don’t write don’t arrive Picture Quote #1

There are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it’s too late and there’s nothing worse than too late Picture Quote #1

Dying should come easy: like a freight train you don’t hear when your back is turned Picture Quote #1

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We have wasted history like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar (Charles Bukowski Quotes) 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 (Charles Bukowski Quotes) You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The public takes from a writer, or a writing, what it needs and lets the remainder go. but what they take is usually what they need least and what they let go is what they need most (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I never write in the daytime. It’s like running through the shopping mall with your clothes off. Everybody can see you. At night... that’s when you pull the tricks... magic (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There is something about writing poetry that brings a man close to the cliff’s edge (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I am a dolt of a man, easily made happy or even stupidly happy almost without cause and left alone I am mostly content (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can’t break out of the movie. And it’s a bad one (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The years have gone by quickly. Death sits in the seat next to me. We make a lovely couple (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It’s not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it’s the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Human relationships are strange. I mean, you are with one person a while, eating and sleeping and living with them, loving them, talking to them, going places together, and then it stops (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does (Charles Bukowski Quotes) People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they’ll spit on you (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If I’m an ass, I should say so. If I don’t, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Do you hate people? I don’t hate them... I just feel better when they’re not around (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all the things I had learned had been wasted. there was no creature living as foul as I and all my poems were false (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It’s better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it (Charles Bukowski Quotes) And then there are some who believe that old relationships can be revived and made new again. but please if you feel that way don’t phone don’t write don’t arrive (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it’s too late and there’s nothing worse than too late (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Dying should come easy: like a freight train you don’t hear when your back is turned (Charles Bukowski Quotes)

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