--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You just rebel against everything. How…" description: "\"You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.\" — Charles Bukowski" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg" --- # You just rebel against everything. How are you going to… ![“You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.” quote by Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg) > “You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.” [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Rebellion without purpose leads to exhaustion; questioning survival highlights the need for direction and rest. **In simple terms:** Rebellion without purpose causes fatigue. Key Takeaway Seek purpose, rest, and direction. Themes rebellion exhaustion purpose survival reflection Mood cynical thoughtful Type poetic philosophical When to use this quote - personal crisis - creative burnout - life decisions Key Concepts Existentialism self‑care motivation Questions to Reflect On - What purpose can you find in your rebellion? - How do you restore energy? A Different Perspective May romanticize suffering. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Rebel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rebel/) ## Related quotes > [Everyone has that moment where they just rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/everyone-has-that-moment-where-they-just-rebel/) M.I.A > [Women like this kind of rebel image in men because there's a thrill in it, especially for those who are tired and burdened with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungri/women-like-this-kind-of-rebel-image-in-men-because-there-s-a-thrill/) [Seungri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungri/) > [I lapsed into my pathetic cut-off period. Often with humans, both good and bad, my senses simply shut off, they get tired, I give…](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/) > [Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/every-woman-is-a-rebel-and-usually-in-wild-revolt-against-herself/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [While my dad is a rebel at heart, I am a conformist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivaan-shah/while-my-dad-is-a-rebel-at-heart-i-am-a-conformist/) Vivaan Shah > [When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shepard-fairey/when-it-comes-to-the-street-art-world-there-are-a-lot-of-people-who/) [Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shepard-fairey/) > [ \[Eugene Smith\] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-clark/eugene-smith-was-always-writing-these-diatribes-about-truth-and-how/) [Larry Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-clark/) > [“I didn’t know yet that to be a rebel you have to be willing to lose everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-kain/i-didn-t-know-yet-that-to-be-a-rebel-you-have-to-be-willing-to-lose/) [Logan Kain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-kain/) > [Persecution matures young rebels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-suyin/persecution-matures-young-rebels/) [Han Suyin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-suyin/) > [“I know that a lot of Christian kids rebel. But as I said earlier, I'm convinced that most of them don't really want to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-kimmel/i-know-that-a-lot-of-christian-kids-rebel-but-as-i-said-earlier-i-m/) [Tim Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-kimmel/) > [“...but fame didn’t suit you, you compromised, a renegade rebel, you gave me your eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-j-ginger/but-fame-didn-t-suit-you-you-compromised-a-renegade-rebel-you-gave-me/) Coco J. Ginger > [Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-j-ellis/paul-revere-earned-his-living-as-a-silversmith-but-what-do-we/) Susan J. Ellis > [Hey, her mind is on a different level Plus the teachers couldn't reach her, always been a rebel Hit the club, watch out boy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendrick-cole/hey-her-mind-is-on-a-different-level-plus-the-teachers-couldn-t-reach/) [Kendrick Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendrick-cole/) > [“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-self-conscious-animal-the-idea-is-ludicrous/) [Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/) > [It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-grieve/it-s-very-nice-to-be-a-rebel-saying-i-stand-on-my-principles-but-if/) [Dominic Grieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-grieve/) ## 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/) [Explore all 1,492 Charles Bukowski quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) ## More Rebel quotes > [It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-grieve/it-s-very-nice-to-be-a-rebel-saying-i-stand-on-my-principles-but-if/) [Dominic Grieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-grieve/) > [“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-self-conscious-animal-the-idea-is-ludicrous/) [Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/) > [Hey, her mind is on a different level Plus the teachers couldn't reach her, always been a rebel Hit the club, watch out boy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendrick-cole/hey-her-mind-is-on-a-different-level-plus-the-teachers-couldn-t-reach/) [Kendrick Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendrick-cole/) > [Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-j-ellis/paul-revere-earned-his-living-as-a-silversmith-but-what-do-we/) Susan J. Ellis > [“...but fame didn’t suit you, you compromised, a renegade rebel, you gave me your eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-j-ginger/but-fame-didn-t-suit-you-you-compromised-a-renegade-rebel-you-gave-me/) Coco J. Ginger > [“I know that a lot of Christian kids rebel. But as I said earlier, I'm convinced that most of them don't really want to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-kimmel/i-know-that-a-lot-of-christian-kids-rebel-but-as-i-said-earlier-i-m/) [Tim Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-kimmel/) > [Persecution matures young rebels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-suyin/persecution-matures-young-rebels/) [Han Suyin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-suyin/) > [“I didn’t know yet that to be a rebel you have to be willing to lose everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-kain/i-didn-t-know-yet-that-to-be-a-rebel-you-have-to-be-willing-to-lose/) [Logan Kain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-kain/) > [ \[Eugene Smith\] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-clark/eugene-smith-was-always-writing-these-diatribes-about-truth-and-how/) [Larry Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-clark/) > [When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shepard-fairey/when-it-comes-to-the-street-art-world-there-are-a-lot-of-people-who/) [Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shepard-fairey/) > [While my dad is a rebel at heart, I am a conformist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivaan-shah/while-my-dad-is-a-rebel-at-heart-i-am-a-conformist/) Vivaan Shah > [Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/every-woman-is-a-rebel-and-usually-in-wild-revolt-against-herself/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [God's wrath is not an implacable, blind rage. However emotional it may be, it is an entirely reasonable and willed response to offenses against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/god-s-wrath-is-not-an-implacable-blind-rage-however-emotional-it-may/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-osborne/i-think-that-no-matter-whether-you-re-quentin-tarantino-or-any-other/) [Robert Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-osborne/) > [“This was a true pants-pooping moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-katt/this-was-a-true-pants-pooping-moment/) [Dinah Katt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-katt/) [Browse all 1,054 Rebel quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rebel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-are-you-going-to-survive-i-don/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Rebel" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-are-you-going-to-survive-i-don/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/charles-bukowski-73_rebel_you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-ar_1102665.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Charles Bukowski", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "You just rebel against everything. How...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-are-you-going-to-survive-i-don/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/you-just-rebel-against-everything-how-are-you-going-to-survive-i-don/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```