“most days go
nowhere
but the avoidance
of pain and
dissolution are
lovely.”
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Charles Bukowski 555
American writer 1920–1994Related quotes
“The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
“Neurosis is the natural by-product of pain avoidance.”
“Suffering for another is one of the most painful ways to love!”
“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
“There is nowhere morning does not go.”
Source: Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
“It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.”
“It is less important to escape pain than to avoid exceptionless rules.”
#326
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)