how can you be true and kind at the same time? how? Charles Bukowski More Quotes by Charles Bukowski More Quotes From Charles Bukowski I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it, I will accept it. Charles Bukowski menlooksdirty I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning. Charles Bukowski pitylonelyself The Difference Between Art and Life is that Art is More Bearable Charles Bukowski differenceslife-isart I was beaten down long ago in some alley in another world. Charles Bukowski alleyslong-agoworld Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are. Charles Bukowski constantadversitystress It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well. Charles Bukowski anarchylovereality being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. Charles Bukowski loneliness-and-solitudefeltsometimes I felt like crying but nothing came out. it was just a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you can't feel any worse. I think you know it. I think everybody knows it now and then. but I think I have known it pretty often, too often. Charles Bukowski sadnesssickthinking Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. Charles Bukowski spiritualmenfunny Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways. Charles Bukowski artistsimpleway Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two. Charles Bukowski uniquelovetwo People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to them; they would mean less and less to me. Charles Bukowski meanpeopleinteresting There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. Charles Bukowski too-muchlittlestwo There are no good wars or bad wars. The only thing bad about a war is Charles Bukowski armymatterwar when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns Charles Bukowski catcouragefeelings More often than not Democratic Law works to the advantage of the few even though the many have voted; this, of course, is because the few have told them how to vote. Charles Bukowski advantagevotelaw Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them. Charles Bukowski hipsterlifepeople Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge. Charles Bukowski empowermentsuccessinspirational American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana. Charles Bukowski texaslouisiananatural Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski simpleinspirationallife
