Henry Charles Bukowski, 1920 - 1994
Born: 16 August 1920, Andernach, Germany
Died: 9 March 1994, San Pedro, California
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- A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover. permalink
Charles Bukowski - The People Look Like Flowers at Last (2007) - An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Women (1978) - Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them. permalink
Charles Bukowski - For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter. permalink
Charles Bukowski - For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. permalink
Charles Bukowski - I don't hate them.... I just feel better when they aren't around. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Barfly (1983) - I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Love is a Dog from Hell (1977) - I wanted the whole world or nothing. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Post Office (1971) - I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me. permalink
Charles Bukowski - If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery — isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Factotum (1975) - If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Knowledge is knowing as little as possible. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Life's as kind as you let it be. permalink
Charles Bukowski - Hot Water Music (1983)
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