1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

I hid in bars, because I didn’t want to hide in factories.

You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don’t know. I’m already tired.

I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they aren’t around.

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.

What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

Are you becoming what you’ve always hated?

If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.

I was a bore and didn’t know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn’t.

That’s what friendship is, sharing the prejudice of experience.