beware the average man the average woman beware their love, their love is average seeks average but there is genius in their hatred there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you to kill anybody not wanting solitude not understanding solitude they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own not being able to create art they will not understand art they will consider their failure as creators only as a failure of the world
Charles BukowskiI donโt understand people, never will. It looks like I got to travel pretty much alone.
Charles BukowskiFew beautiful women were willing to indicate in public that they belonged to someone. I had known enough women to realize this. I accepted them for what they were and love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons. One simply became tired of holding back love and let it go because it needed some place to go. Then, usually, there was trouble.
Charles BukowskiIn my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking my ass.
Charles BukowskiI went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.
Charles BukowskiI am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.
Charles Bukowskibeware the average man the average woman beware their love, their love is average seeks average but there is genius in their hatred there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you to kill anybody not wanting solitude not understanding solitude they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own not being able to create art they will not understand art they will consider their failure as creators only as a failure of the world
Charles Bukowski