All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little bit more… Bit
- So, that’s what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That’s what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me. Beautiful
- If you have the ability to love, love yourself first. Ability
- If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice. Funny
- I was an Agnostic. Agnostics didn't have much to argue about. Agnostic
- Dying in a a war never stopped wars from happening. Dying
- My part of the game is that I must live the best I can. Best
- I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend. Friend
- Death is nothing, brother, it's life that's hard Brother
- it is all ash and dry leaves and grief gone like an ocean liner. All
- you fall into the mirror, come through the other side staring at a lightbulb. Fall
- and the color in my eyes has gone back into the sea. Color
- You don't go on "probably" when love and guns are in hand. Go
- My flesh looked like it wasn't trying. It looked like it hated being part of me. Flesh
- Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was… Absurd
- I needed a vacation. I needed 5 women. I needed to get the wax out of my ears. My car needed an oil change. I'd… Ants
- I've learned to feel good when I feel good. it's better to be driven around in a red porsche than to own one. the luck… Better
- hate contains truth. beauty is a facade. Beauty
- it's good to have things done with when they don't work it's also good not to hate or even forget the person you've failed with. Even Forget
- I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love. Courage
- human relationships simply aren't durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent. Durable
- my hands dead my heart dead silence adagio of rocks the world ablaze that's the best for me. Ablaze
- the whole world is caught in her glance and at last the universe is magnificent. Caught
- Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance? Chance
- Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have. Almost Every