You don't go on "probably" when love and guns are in hand.

I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.

since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

I used to lay drunk in alleys and I probably will again.Bukowski, who is he? I read about Bukowski and it doesn't seem like anything to do with me.

mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?