1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

all people start tocome apart finallyand there it is:just empty ashtrays in a roomor wisps of hair on a combin the dissolving moonlight.

after you've pulled off the tablecloth withthe full plates of foodand broken the windowsand rung the bells of idiotsand havespoken true and terriblewordsand havechased the mob through the doorway-then comes the great andpeaceful moment: sitting aloneand pouring that quiet drink.the world is better withoutthem.only the plants and the animals aretrue comrades.I drink to them and withthem.they wait as I fill theirglasses.

Some people never go crazy, what truly horrible lives they must live.

There is a quality about women who choosemen sparingly;it appears in their walkin their eyesin their laughter and in theirgentle hearts.

Animals are inspirational. They don’t know how to lie. They are natural forces.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

the world is better withoutthem.only the plants and the animals aretrue comrades.I drink to them and withthem.

the world was molested with billions of people who had nothing to do with their time except murder it and murder you.

Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell.