People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.
Charles BukowskiDrinking is another way of thinking, another way of living. It gives you two lives instead of one.
Charles BukowskiHer violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence.
Charles Bukowski