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More Charles Bukowski quotes
"Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
"the impossibility of being humanall too humanthis breathingin and outout and inthese punksthese cowardsthese championsthese mad dogs of glorymoving th...
"when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns
"Ya got cigarettes?” she asks. “Yes,” I say,“I got cigarettes.” “Matches?” she asks.“Enough to burn Rome.” “Whiskey?”“Enough whiskey for a Mississippi ...
"that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)
"Born into thisInto hospitals which are so expensive that it's cheaper to dieInto lawyers who charge so much it's cheaper to plead guiltyInto a country...
"where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die,
"we must bringour own lightto thedarkness.
"If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.
"Some people never go crazy. Me, sometimes I'll lie down behind the couch for 3 or 4 days. They'll find me there. It's Cherub, they'll say, and they po...
"during my worst timeson the park benchesin the jailsor living withwhoresI always had this certaincontentment-I wouldn't call ithappiness-it was more o...
"I always felt it wouldpass.I listened to the charges against meknowing some of them to be truebut certainly notimportant enoughto become the target of...
"I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.
"How are his poems?""He's not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.