Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowskiwas an American poet, novelist, and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 August 1920
CityAndernach, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
Charles Bukowski quotes about
flower i-hate-you hands
I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.
exhausted sometimes feels
Sometimes I get too exhausted to even feel bad
hate feel-better people
Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.
order knives honey
It’s the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife.
reality love-is fog
Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.
alive pay back-to-work
They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.
bursting bursting-out spite
If it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.
drinking jail bail
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
running one-direction forgiving
You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.
sometimes loneliness-and-solitude felt
being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
tree soul world
my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.
long-ago world alleys
I was beaten down long ago in some alley in another world.
sunset tired people
the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
new-year years new-years-eve
New Year's Eve always terrifies me.