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Wanted Quotes by Charles Bukowski
- I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn't particularly want money. I…
- I wanted the whole world or nothing.
- …He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days,…
- I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that…
- I could scream down 90 mountains to less than dust if only one living human had eyes in the head and heart in the body,…
- There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a writer. Almost everybody…
- I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was…
- I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.
- dont undress my love you might find a mannequin dont undress the mannequin you might find love. shes long ago forgotten me. hes trying on…
- And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.
- The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into…
- 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…
- 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…
- she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.
- 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.
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