Charles Bukowski: Trending quotes (page 3)

“there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”

“the best part was
pulling down the
shades
stuffing the doorbell
with rags
putting the phone
in the
refrigerator
and going to bed
for 3 or 4
days.
and the next best
part
was
nobody ever
missed
me.”

“Life's as kind as you let it be.”

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.”

“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”

“Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.”

“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”

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

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

“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.”

“I think I need a drink.'
'Almost everybody does only they don't know it.”

“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.”

“Don’t do it. Don’t love me.”

“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”

“I was in love again. I was in trouble”

“one more creature
dizzy with love”

“I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during the night. It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”

“There is a place in the heart that will never be filled; a space. And even during the best moments, and the greatest times, we will know it.”

“animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along”