Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them. I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.
Charles BukowskiFor each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.
Charles BukowskiI can never drive my car over a bridge without thinking of suicide. I can never look at a lake or an ocean without thinking of suicide.
Charles BukowskiLook, let me put it this way: with me, youโre number one and there isnโt even a number two.
Charles Bukowski