All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain. Ask
- When you play the field selfishly everything works against you: one can’t insist on love or demand affection. you’re finally left with whatever you have… Affection
- I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had… Christ
- it's better to be happy...if you can..!! Better
- 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… Easily
- I think that everything should be made available to everybody, and I mean LSD, cocaine, codeine, grass, opium, the works. Nothing on earth available to… Advantageous
- There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see?… All
- the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much… Air
- True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion. Bad
- 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… All
- Oh, I don’t mean you’re handsome, not the way people think of handsome. Your face seems kind. But your eyes - they’re beautiful. They’re wild,… Animal
- I've found out why men sign their names to their works- not that they created them but more than the others did not. Created
- It’s the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife. Each
- I wasn’t going anywhere and neither was the rest of the world. We were all just hanging around waiting to die and meanwhile doing little… All
- I don't know if this is true to you but for me sometimes it gets so bad that anything else say like looking at a… Anything Else
- I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles. Black
- They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them. Country
- The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up… Bed
- People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. Anger
- Early evening traffic was beginning to clog the avenue with cars. The sun slanted down behind him. Harry glanced at the drivers of the cars.… Avenue
- I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, "crazy." But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there. Crazy
- but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together. Always One
- Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try… Artistic
- Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against… Always Claimed
- A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I… Base