--- title: "5 Left alone Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "5 Left alone quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Left alone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/charles-bukowski-73_children_as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-nor_273633.jpg" --- > [as a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-normal-my-happiest-times-were/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/charles-bukowski-73_children_as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-nor_273633.jpg) > [I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-liked-to-drink-i-was-lazy-i-2/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/charles-bukowski-73_accepted_i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-li_1469465.jpg) > [“I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. It didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-settled-into-nothingness-a-kind-of-non-being-and-i-accepted-it/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/charles-bukowski-73_left-alone_i-was-settled-into-nothingness-a-kind-of_1673319.jpg) > [“I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-liked-to-drink-i-was-lazy-i-3/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/charles-bukowski-73_alcoholism_i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-li_1962268.jpg) > [I am a dolt of a man, easily made happy or even stupidly happy almost without cause and left alone I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-am-a-dolt-of-a-man-easily-made-happy-or-even-stupidly-happy-almost/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/charles-bukowski-73_causes_i-am-a-dolt-of-a-man-easily-made-happy-o_2995131.jpg) ## More by Charles Bukowski > [“sometimes when everything seems at its worst when all conspires and gnaws and the hours, days, weeks years seem wasted – stretched there upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/sometimes-when-everything-seems-at-its-worst-when-all-conspires-and/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/well-death-says-as-he-walks-by-i-m-going-to-get-you-anyhow-no-matter/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. A writer who has to go into the streets is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-is-only-one-place-to-write-and-that-is-alone-at-a-typewriter-a/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human - they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/even-the-stove-and-the-refrigerator-looked-human-i-mean-good-human/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“nerves twitching in the sheets -- to face the sunlight again, that's clearly trouble. I like the city better when the neon lights are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/nerves-twitching-in-the-sheets-to-face-the-sunlight-again-that-s/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“Their Love Is Average, Seeks Average But There Is Genius In Their Hatred”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/their-love-is-average-seeks-average-but-there-is-genius-in-their/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I climbed the stairway (there was no elevator) and put the key in. The door swung open. Somebody had changed all the furniture around,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-climbed-the-stairway-there-was-no-elevator-and-put-the-key-in-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“Strangers when you meet, strangers when you part -a gymnasium of bodies namelessly masturbating each other. People with no morals often considered themselves more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/strangers-when-you-meet-strangers-when-you-part-a-gymnasium-of-bodies/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I like to change liquor stores frequently because the clerks got to know your habits if you went in night and day and bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-like-to-change-liquor-stores-frequently-because-the-clerks-got-to/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I was like a turd that drew flies instead of like a flower that butterflies and bees desired. I wanted to live alone,I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-like-a-turd-that-drew-flies-instead-of-like-a-flower-that/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [It's 4:30 in the morning, it's always 4:30 in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-s-4-30-in-the-morning-it-s-always-4-30-in-the-morning/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I had no feeling for the things so many others needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-had-no-feeling-for-the-things-so-many-others-needed/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I am sick with caring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-am-sick-with-caring/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-went-home-each-night-dizzy-and-sick-he-was-murdering-me-with-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“the nights you fight best are when all the weapons are pointed at you, when all the voices hurl their insults while the dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-nights-you-fight-best-are-when-all-the-weapons-are-pointed-at-you/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-alone/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "5 Left alone Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "as a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house on a saturday.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-normal-my-happiest-times-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/charles-bukowski-73_children_as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-nor_273633.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/charles-bukowski-73_children_as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-nor_273633.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/charles-bukowski-73_children_as-a-child-i-suppose-i-was-not-quite-nor_273633.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“as a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house on a…” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. 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