

— Charles Bukowski "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." 21179 likes





“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around."

— Charles Bukowski (Barfly) "Do you hate people?”“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around." 12818 likes



— Charles Bukowski "For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." 8386 likes



— Charles Bukowski "Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way." 8184 likes



— Charles Bukowski "I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!" 7748 likes



— Charles Bukowski "what matters most is how well you walk through the fire" 6976 likes



— Charles Bukowski (Factotum) "If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." 6954 likes



— Charles Bukowski "We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing." 6932 likes



— Charles Bukowski "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." 5728 likes



— Charles Bukowski (Women) "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." 5094 likes



that you can see it in the slow movement of

the hands of a clock.



people so tired

mutilated

either by love or no love.



people just are not good to each other

one on one.



the rich are not good to the rich

the poor are not good to the poor.



we are afraid.



our educational system tells us

that we can all be

big-ass winners.



it hasn't told us

about the gutters

or the suicides.



or the terror of one person

aching in one place

alone



untouched

unspoken to



watering a plant."

— Charles Bukowski (Love Is a Dog from Hell) "there is a loneliness in this world so greatthat you can see it in the slow movement ofthe hands of a clock.people so tiredmutilatedeither by love or no love.people just are not good to each otherone on one.the rich are not good to the richthe poor are not good to the poor.we are afraid.our educational system tells usthat we can all bebig-ass winners.it hasn't told usabout the guttersor the suicides.or the terror of one personaching in one placealoneuntouchedunspoken towatering a plant." 4859 likes



— Charles Bukowski "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." 4441 likes



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 "there are worse thingsthan being alonebut it often takesdecades to realize thisand most often when you doit's too lateand there's nothing worsethan too late" 4298 likes



— Charles Bukowski "If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose" 4200 likes



some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.

some lose both and become accepted"

— Charles Bukowski "Some lose all mind and become soul,insane.some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.some lose both and become accepted" 3555 likes