Charles Bukowski quotes - page 14

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability. (Charles Bukowski)

and then there are some who believe that old relationships can be revived and made new again. but please if you feel that way don't phone don't write don't arrive.

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take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning.

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the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them.

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I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired.

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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.

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...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 knew I could get anything I wanted from him.

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Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?

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my hands dead my heart dead silence adagio of rocks the world ablaze that's the best for me.

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It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.

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Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know. (Charles Bukowski)

I had no Freedom. I had nothing.

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It's hard to drink when you dance. And it's hard to dance when you drink.

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That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.

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nobody ever finds the one.

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And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair uncombed, 6 feet of geek, waiting for her.

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since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light.

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but right now it's Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan all the way.

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Well, the rain had stopped but the pain was still there.

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but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together.

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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 to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing. (Charles Bukowski)

from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.

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When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble.

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this time has finished me.

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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence.

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Charles Bukowski

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Occupation: American Author
Born: August 16, 1920
Died: March 9, 1994
Quotes count: 564
Wikipedia: Charles Bukowski

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