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Best Quotes Charles Bukowski

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Do you hate people?

I don't hate them...I just eel better !hen they're not around.

"or those !ho believe in #od$ most o the big %uestions are ans!ered. &ut or those o us !ho can'treadily accept the #od ormula$ the big ans!ers don't remain stone !ritten. We adjust to ne!conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. (ove need not be a command nor aith a dictum. I am myo!n god. We are here to unlearn the teachings o the church$ state$ and our educational system. We arehere to drin) beer. We are here to )ill !ar. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so !ellthat Death !ill tremble to ta)e us.

What matters most is ho! !ell you !al) through the ire.

Sometimes you climb out o bed in the morning and you thin)$ I'm not going to ma)e it$ but you laughinside * remembering all the times you've elt that !ay.

I've never been lonely. I've been in a room I've elt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've elt a! ul a! ul beyond all but I never elt that one other person could enter that room and cure !hat !as

bothering me...or that any number o people could enter that room. In other !ords$ loneliness issomething I've never been bothered !ith because I've al!ays had this terrible itch or solitude. It's beingat a party$ or at a stadium ull o people cheering or something$ that I might eel loneliness. I'll %uoteIbsen$ +,he strongest men are the most alone.+ I've never thought$ +Well$ some beauti ul blonde !illcome in here and give me a uc) job$ rub my balls$ and I'll eel good.+ -o$ that !on't help. ou )no! thetypical cro!d$ +Wo!$ it's "riday night$ !hat are you going to do? /ust sit there?+ Well$ yeah. &ecausethere's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling !ith stupid people. (et them stupidi ythemselves. I've never been bothered !ith the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars$ because Ididn't !ant to hide in actories. ,hat's all. Sorry or all the millions$ but I've never been lonely. I li)emysel . I'm the best orm o entertainment I have. (et's drin) more !ine0

We're all going to die$ all o us$ !hat a circus0 ,hat alone should ma)e us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and lattened by trivialities$ !e are eaten up by nothing.

1y ambition is handicapped by laziness.

I you're going to try$ go all the !ay. 2ther!ise$ don't even start. ,his could mean losing girl riends$ !ives$ relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating or three or our days. It couldmean reezing on a par) bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean moc)eryisolation. Isolation is the gi t. 3ll the others are a test o your endurance$ o ho! much you really !ant todo it. 3nd$ you'll do it$ despite rejection and the !orst odds. 3nd it !ill be better than anything else youcan imagine. I you're going to try$ go all the !ay. ,here is no other eeling li)e that. ou !ill be alone

!ith the gods$ and the nights !ill lame !ith ire. ou !ill ride li e straight to per ect laughter. It's theonly good ight there is.

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,hat's the problem !ith drin)ing$ I thought$ as I poured mysel a drin). I something bad happens youdrin) in an attempt to orget4 i something good happens you drin) in order to celebrate4 and i nothinghappens you drin) to ma)e something happen.

I don't hate people. I just eel better !hen they aren't around.

there are !orse thingsthan being alone but it o ten ta)esdecades to realize thisand most o ten !hen you doit's too lateand there's nothing !orsethan too late

3n intellectual says a simple thing in a hard !ay. 3n artist says a hard thing in a simple !ay.

there is a loneliness in this !orld so greatthat you can see it in the slo! movement o the hands o a cloc).

people so tiredmutilatedeither by love or no love.

people just are not good to each otherone on one.

the rich are not good to the richthe poor are not good to the poor.

!e are a raid.

our educational system tells usthat !e can all be big ass !inners.

it hasn't told usabout the guttersor the suicides.

or the terror o one personaching in one placealone

untouchedunspo)en to

!atering a plant.

&oring damned people. 3ll over the earth. 5ropagating more boring damned people. What a horrorsho!. ,he earth s!armed !ith them.

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Some lose all mind and become soul$insane.some lose all soul and become mind$ intellectual.some lose both and become accepted

I elt li)e crying but nothing came out. it !as just a sort o sad sic)ness$ sic) sad$ !hen you can't eelany !orse. I thin) you )no! it. I thin) everybody )no!s it no! and then. but I thin) I have )no!n it

pretty o ten$ too o ten.