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
color slavery
Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
running crowds always-wrong
Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong.
might stills
There still might be a place for us somewhere.
disappointment
Our disappointment sits between us.
useless chaos forget
And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.
morning color awakening
I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.
love-yourself ability-to-love firsts
If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.
distance two unbearable
The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.
hangover somewhere-else mind
The hangover was brutal but he didn't mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good.
mean giving awareness
I mean, say that you figure that everything is senseless, then it can't be quite senseless because you are aware that it's senseless and your awareness of senselessness almost gives it sense. You know what I mean?
love reality anarchy
It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
want knows
I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
heart mind mouths
if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it.
mother monday morning
Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.