“how can you be true and
kind at the same
time?
how?”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
“It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
“most days go
nowhere
but the avoidance
of pain and
dissolution are
lovely.”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
“You were destroyed by what you befriended.”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
“a good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
( from 'the luck of the word' )”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
“I was only photographing in words the reality of it all.”
Charles Bukowski book Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
