All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- What's wrong with assholes, baby? Assholes
- a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' ) Almost Impossible
- people run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water. Bathtubs
- I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt Anybody
- And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life. Ever Missed
- Are you becoming what you've always hated? Always Hated
- The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy. Easy
- Some nights I knew that if I slept I would die. Die
- Why do you insist upon destroying yourself? Destroying
- It will rain all this night and we will sleep transfixed by the dark water as our blood runs through our fragile life. All
- Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to… Actualities
- There's nothing unusual about love. Funny
- My body gnaws at me from one side and my spirit gnaws at me from the other. Body
- It was hard for me to believe. When recess was over I sat in class and thought about it. My mother had a hole and… Anybody
- I don't remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was. Bed
- t was almost disappointing because it seemed when stress and madness were eliminated from my daily life there wasn't much left you could depend on. Daily
- Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto. Beginning
- where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die, Die
- If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket. Bet
- Meanwhile the 3 a.m. drunks of the world would lay in their beds, trying in vain to sleep, and deserving that rest, if they could… Alcohol
- when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns All
- I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often… Become Killers
- I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love, and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was… Gave
- one more creature dizzy with love Creature
- I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning. Caught