there is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day
Charles BukowskiI mean, say that you figure that everything is senseless, then it can't be quite senseless because you are aware that it's senseless and your awareness of senselessness almost gives it sense. You know what I mean?
Charles Bukowskithey thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things
Charles BukowskiI am not a snob; it is simply that I am not interested with what most people have to say, or what they want to do — mostly with my time.
Charles BukowskiThe street to my left was backed up with traffic and I watched the people waiting patiently in the cars. There was almost always a man and a women, staring straight ahead, not talking. It was, finally, for everyone, a matter of waiting. You waited and you waited- for the hospital, the doctor, the plumber, the madhouse, the jail, papa death himself. First the signal red, then the signal was green. The citizens of the world ate food and watched t.v. and worried about their jobs or lack of the same, while they waited.
Charles Bukowski