1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

and love is a word usedtoo much andmuchtoo soon.

Cats tell me without effort all that there is to know.

I am sad for the dead and I am sad for the livingbut not for my 5 cats

my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.

I dislike cute cat poemsbut I've written oneanyhow.

the price of creationis nevertoo high.the price of livingwith other peoplealwaysis.

I can see wherecreation oftenstops while thebody still livesand oftendoes not careto.the death of lifebefore lifedies.

no concept of danger, reality, flow or compassion. you can feel the despair escaping from their machines, their lives as hopeless and as numbed as yours.

The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.