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Charles Bukowski Quotes

Charles Bukowski quotes about good

American Author, Writer, Poet August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994

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A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good woman, despite the overwhelming price. Charles Bukowski
The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing. Charles Bukowski
... maybe a damned good night's sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it's all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can't put it straight, don'twant to. Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones. Charles Bukowski
we drove on and on,past little villages and both good things andbad things were happening to thepeople in those villages too,but I still was nothingbut arms and ears and eyes and maybe there'd beeither some good luck for me ormore death tomorrow. Charles Bukowski
I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself. Charles Bukowski
I didn't like parties. I didn't know how to dance and people frightened me, especially people at parties. They attempted to be sexy and gay and witty and although they hoped they were good at it, they weren 't. They were bad at it. Their trying so hard only made it worse. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "and our few good times will be rare because we have the..."
and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter Charles Bukowski
I wasn't sleeping on the streets at night. Of course, there were a lot of good people sleeping in the streets. They weren't fools, they just didn't fit into the needed machinery of the moment. And those needs kept altering. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed..."
The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page. Charles Bukowski
I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic. Charles Bukowski
I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools were all the more foolish. What I need is a good doctor, I thought. You either lived or died. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it..."
being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. Charles Bukowski
If you are going to try, go all the way or don't even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods. It is the only good fight there is. Charles Bukowski
A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think..."
but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together. Charles Bukowski

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