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Charles Bukowski Quotes

She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn’t have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be Picture Quote #1

I’m going, she said. I love you but you’re crazy, you’re doomed Picture Quote #1

She is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sitting upon a rock by the ocean alone and damned. I could have had her once. I wonder if she thinks I could have saved her? Picture Quote #1

I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love Picture Quote #1

I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people Picture Quote #1

My 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything that is not here Picture Quote #1

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The best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them Picture Quote #1

The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless Picture Quote #1

Nobody can save you but yourself and you’re worth saving. it’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it Picture Quote #1

As a recluse I couldn’t bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry Picture Quote #1

There’s a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness Picture Quote #1

She knew what she wanted and it wasn’t / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind Picture Quote #1

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I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone Picture Quote #1

It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any Picture Quote #1

You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don’t know. I’m already tired Picture Quote #1

I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time Picture Quote #1

If I never see you again I will always carry you inside outside on my fingertips and at brain edges and in centers centers of what I am of what remains Picture Quote #1

The centuries are sprinkled with rare magic with divine creatures who help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us Picture Quote #1

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The grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy Picture Quote #1

I am too sick to lay down the sidewalks frighten me the whole damned city frightens me, what I will become what I have become frightens me Picture Quote #1

They simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth? Picture Quote #1

Her eyes always had a frantic, lost look. He could never cure her eyes of that Picture Quote #1

The hangover was brutal but he didn’t mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good Picture Quote #1

The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you’ll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever Picture Quote #1

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The masses are always wrong... Wisdom is doing everything the crowd does not do. All you do is reverse the totality of their learning and you have the heaven they’re looking for Picture Quote #1

The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous Picture Quote #1

They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work Picture Quote #1

... maybe a damned good night’s sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it’s all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can’t put it straight, don’t want to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world Picture Quote #1

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

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She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn’t have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I’m going, she said. I love you but you’re crazy, you’re doomed (Charles Bukowski Quotes) She is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sitting upon a rock by the ocean alone and damned. I could have had her once. I wonder if she thinks I could have saved her? (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people (Charles Bukowski Quotes) My 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything that is not here (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Nobody can save you but yourself and you’re worth saving. it’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it (Charles Bukowski Quotes) As a recluse I couldn’t bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There’s a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness (Charles Bukowski Quotes) She knew what she wanted and it wasn’t / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone (Charles Bukowski Quotes) It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any (Charles Bukowski Quotes) You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don’t know. I’m already tired (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time (Charles Bukowski Quotes) If I never see you again I will always carry you inside outside on my fingertips and at brain edges and in centers centers of what I am of what remains (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The centuries are sprinkled with rare magic with divine creatures who help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy (Charles Bukowski Quotes) I am too sick to lay down the sidewalks frighten me the whole damned city frightens me, what I will become what I have become frightens me (Charles Bukowski Quotes) They simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth? (Charles Bukowski Quotes) Her eyes always had a frantic, lost look. He could never cure her eyes of that (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The hangover was brutal but he didn’t mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you’ll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The masses are always wrong... Wisdom is doing everything the crowd does not do. All you do is reverse the totality of their learning and you have the heaven they’re looking for (Charles Bukowski Quotes) The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous (Charles Bukowski Quotes) They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work (Charles Bukowski Quotes) ... maybe a damned good night’s sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it’s all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can’t put it straight, don’t want to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones (Charles Bukowski Quotes) There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world (Charles Bukowski Quotes) You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics (Charles Bukowski Quotes)

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