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Charles Bukowski: Idézetek angolul
“Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.”
Forrás: Notes of a Dirty Man (Zápisky starého prasáka)
“My ambition is handicapped by my laziness.”
Forrás: Factotum (1975), Ch. 45, Manny
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.”
Forrás: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”
Forrás: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
“she was consumed by 3 simple things:
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”
Forrás: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Forrás: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
Forrás: Post Office
Változat: Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they’ll spit on you.
Forrás: Women (1978)
“If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.”
Forrás: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“we only asked for leopards to guard
our thinning dreams.”
Forrás: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“I no longer want it all, just some comfort and some sex and only a minor love.”
Forrás: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.”
Forrás: Tales of Ordinary Madness
“Her eyes always had a frantic, lost look. He could never cure her eyes of that.”
Forrás: South of No North
“It all comes down to the last person you think of at night, that's where the heart is.”
Eredeti: Tutto si riduce all'ultima persona a cui pensi la notte, è lì che si trova il cuore.
Forrás: In Una sorcia bianca – nella raccolta Storie di ordinaria follia
Változat: I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing."
Forrás: Post Office (1971)
Változat: Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. Some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. Some lose both and become accepted.