A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.
Charles BukowskiThose faces you see every day on the streets were not created entirely without hope: be kind to them: like you they have not escaped.
Charles BukowskiDog is much admired by Man because he believes in the hand which feeds him. A perfect set-up. For 13 cents a day you've got a hired killer who thinks you are god. A dog can't tell a Nazi from a Republican from a Commie from a Democrat and, many times, neither can I.
Charles Bukowski