there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late
Charles BukowskiI was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.
Charles BukowskiYou canโt beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it.
Charles BukowskiI went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.
Charles BukowskiThere is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world.
Charles Bukowski