1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.

A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession.

I was laying in bed one night and I thought 'I'll just quit - to hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don't quit - save that tiny little ember of spark.' And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again.

There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out.

You can steal my women but don't play with my whiskey.

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

The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.

I was fighting a small fight of my own which wasn't leading anywhere-but like a man with a bent spoon trying to dig through a cement wall I knew that a small fight was better than quitting: it kept the heart alive.

my 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything that is not here