They looked as if nothing had ever touched them--all well-mothered, protected, with a soft sheen of contentment. None of them had ever been in jail, or worked hard with their hands, or even gotten a traffic ticket. Skimmed-milk jollies, the whole bunch.
Charles BukowskiI guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the day by day things, the waste of time, of ourselves.
Charles BukowskiI do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear.
Charles Bukowskias a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house on a saturday.
Charles Bukowski