--- title: "9 Tired Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "9 Tired quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/charles-bukowski-73_death_i-m-tired-of-waiting-to-die-let-s-go-out_628930.jpg" --- > [“I'm tired of waiting to die. Let's go out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-m-tired-of-waiting-to-die-let-s-go-out/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/charles-bukowski-73_death_i-m-tired-of-waiting-to-die-let-s-go-out_628930.jpg) > [the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-tired-sunsets-and-the-tired-people-it-takes-a-lifetime-to-die-and/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/charles-bukowski-73_lifetime_the-tired-sunsets-and-the-tired-people-i_1755369.jpg) > [I grow tired of 18th century moralities in a 20th century space-atomic age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-grow-tired-of-18th-century-moralities-in-a-20th-century-space/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/charles-bukowski-73_18th-century_i-grow-tired-of-18th-century-moralities_1860167.jpg) > [I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-m-too-careless-i-don-t-put-out-enough-effort-i-m-tired/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/charles-bukowski-73_careless_i-m-too-careless-i-don-t-put-out-enough_1811792.jpg) > [You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-are-you-going-to-survive-i-don/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg) > [And it seems people should not build houses anymore it seems people should stop working and sit in small rooms on second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/and-it-seems-people-should-not-build-houses-anymore-it-seems-people/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/charles-bukowski-73_bars_and-it-seems-people-should-not-build-hou_2787782.jpg) > [I lapsed into my pathetic cut-off period. Often with humans, both good and bad, my senses simply shut off, they get tired,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-lapsed-into-my-pathetic-cut-off-period-often-with-humans-both-good/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/charles-bukowski-73_be-kind_i-lapsed-into-my-pathetic-cut-off-period_259196.jpg) > [Few beautiful women were willing to indicate in public that they belonged to someone. I had known enough women to realize this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/few-beautiful-women-were-willing-to-indicate-in-public-that-they/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/charles-bukowski-73_accepted_few-beautiful-women-were-willing-to-indi_3009198.jpg) > [This is a world where everybody’s gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody’s gotta do something, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/this-is-a-world-where-everybody-s-gotta-do-something-ya-know-somebody/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/charles-bukowski-73_dentist_this-is-a-world-where-everybody-s-gotta_2569800.jpg) ## Other authors on Tired ## 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/tired/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "9 Tired Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm tired of waiting to die. 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