I could scream down 90 mountains to less than dust if only one living human had eyes in the head and heart in the body, but there is no chance, my god, no chance. rat with rat dog with dog hog with hog, play the piano drunk listen to the drunk piano, realize the myth of mercy stand still as even a child's voice snarls and we have not been fooled, it was only that we wanted to believe.
Charles BukowskiI have one problem, I donโt hate people. They disgust me and I want to get away from them. I do not have hatred. I have an escape mechanism.
Charles BukowskiIt was hard for me to believe. When recess was over I sat in class and thought about it. My mother had a hole and my father had a dong that shot juice. How could they have things like that and walk around as if everything was normal, and talk about things, and then do it and not tell anybody?
Charles BukowskiThis is a world where everybodyโs gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybodyโs gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that . . . Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I donโt wanna do. All the things that I donโt wanna be. Places I donโt wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I donโt understand that . . .
Charles BukowskiThe trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up.
Charles Bukowski