1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

A man who can beat the horses can do anything he makes up his mind to do.

Love is a form of prejudice. I have too many other prejudices.

…He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days, I knew I could get anything I wanted from him.

i am with the roots of flowers entwined, entombed sending up my passionate blossoms as a flight of rockets and argument; wine churls my throat, above me feet walk upon my brain, monkies fall from the sky clutching photographs of the planets, but i seek only music and the leisure of my pain

It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn't sing or laugh, or even argue. We sat drinking in the dark, smoking cigarettes, and when we went to sleep, I didn't put my feet on her body or she on mine like we used to. We slept without touching. We had both been robbed.

I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love, and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was left of me.

Belane, are you nuts?" Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm?

I was their bar freak, they needed me to make themselves feel better. just like, at times, I needed that graveyard.

All our days are marked with/ unexpected/ affronts--some/ disastrous, others/ less so/ but the process is/ wearing and/ continuous./ Attrition rules./ Most give/ way/ leaving/ empty spaces/ where people should/ be.