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“on the radio I heard the news
of that day
at least 6 times, I was
well versed in world
affairs.
the remainder of the stations played a
thin, sick music.
the classical stations refused to come in
clearly
and when they did
it was a stale repetition of standard and
tiresome works.

I turned the radio off.
a strange whirling began in my
head—it circled behind the forehead, clockwise…
I began to wonder, is this what happens
when one goes
mad?”

Charles Bukowski

"jam"
The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992)

“Sometimes I felt that I didn’t even know who I was. All right, I’m Nicky Belane. But check this. Somebody could yell out, ‘Hey, Harry! Harry Martel!’ and I’d most likely answer, ‘Yeah, what is it?’ I mean, I could be anybody, what does it matter?”

Charles Bukowski book Pulp

Pulp (1994)

“Look, you're small-town. I've had over 50 jobs, maybe a hundred. I've never stayed anywhere long. What I am trying to say is, there is a certain game played in offices all over America. The people are bored, they don't know what to do, so they play the office-romance game. Most of the time it means nothing but the passing of time. Sometimes they do manage to work off a screw or two on the side. But even then, it is just an offhand pasttime, like bowling or t. v. or a New Year's Eve party. You've got to understand that it doesn't mean anything and then you won't get hurt. Do you understand what I mean?”

Charles Bukowski book Post Office

Post Office (1971)

“well, i don't know about you but I'm going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. […]. I want to know about things, what makes them work!”

Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

“I don't know if this is true to you but for me
sometimes it gets so bad
that anything else
say like
looking at a bird on an overhead
power line
seems as great as a Beethoven symphony.
then you forget it and you're back
again.”

Charles Bukowski

Source: Bone Palace Ballet

“Love breaks my
bones and I
laugh”

Charles Bukowski

“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

"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
Interviews

“I don't know. It's been terribly hard for me. How do I know you won't do it again?'
'Nobody is ever quite sure of what they will do. You aren't sure what you might do.”

Charles Bukowski book Women

Source: Women

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

Charles Bukowski

Variant: she’s mad, but she’s magic.

“I'm tired of waiting to die. Let's go out.”

Charles Bukowski book Hot Water Music

Source: Hot Water Music

“Do some living and get yourself a typewriter.”

Charles Bukowski

“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

“Her eyes always had a frantic, lost look. He could never cure her eyes of that.”

Charles Bukowski book South of No North

Source: South of No North

“I am too sick to lay down
the sidewalks frighten me
the whole damned city frightens me,
what I will become
what I have become
frightens me.”

Charles Bukowski book Mockingbird Wish Me Luck

Source: Mockingbird Wish Me Luck

“People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel hate or love.”

Charles Bukowski book Women

Source: Women (1978)