M.attie

@M.attie, member from March 18, 2022
Charles Bukowski photo

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stonewritten. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
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Charles Bukowski photo

“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Variant: she’s mad, but she’s magic.

Charles Bukowski photo

“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're
just as crazy as the rest of them.”

Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

Aleister Crowley photo

“One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.”

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist

Source: Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4

Henry Miller photo

“Words are loneliness.”

Henry Miller book Tropic of Cancer

Source: Tropic of Cancer

Sylvia Plath photo

“Opinions are like orgasms… mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Henry Miller photo

“The real leader has no need to lead. He is content to point the way.”

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist

Source: The Wisdom of the Heart (1941), p. 46

Sylvia Plath photo

“How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

Variant: How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into.
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath photo

“I think I am mad sometimes.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Charles Bukowski photo

“Baby," I said. "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me.”

Charles Bukowski book Factotum

Source: Factotum (1975), Ch. 31

Charles Bukowski photo

“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don't give a damn.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Charles Bukowski photo

“Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Charles Bukowski photo

“I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love,
and how you gave me everything you had
and how I offered you what was left of me.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Charles Bukowski photo

“Don’t do it. Don’t love me.”

Charles Bukowski book Women

Source: Women

Sylvia Plath photo

“I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

Journal entry from July 1950 – 1953, page 63 of the original, page 55 of the collection
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (2000)
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Aleister Crowley photo

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

Aleister Crowley book The Book of the Law

I:40 This famous statement derives from several historic precedents, including that of François Rabelais in describing the rule of his Abbey of Thélème in Gargantua and Pantagruel: Fait ce que vouldras (Do what thou wilt), which was later used by the Hellfire Club established by Sir Francis Dashwood. It is also similar to the Wiccan proverb: An ye harm none, do what thou wilt; but the oldest known statement of a similar assertion is that of St. Augustine of Hippo: Love, and do what thou wilt.
Source: The Book of the Law (1904)