Quotes from bookLove Is a Dog from Hell
First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.
“my hands dead
my heart dead
silence
adagio of rocks
the world ablaze
that's the best
for me.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“It’s so easy to be easy—if you let it.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“I hope that death contains
less than this.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“but right now
it's Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Bob
Dylan all the
way.”
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“people are not good to each other.
perhaps if they were
our deaths would not be so sad.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“sometimes I hate you,"
she said.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“the history of melancholia
includes all of us.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?”
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“stay with the beer.
beer is continuous blood.
a continuous lover.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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