I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.
Charles BukowskiWe are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
Charles BukowskiDisneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.
Charles BukowskiPeople with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.
Charles BukowskiUnderstand me. Iām not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.
Charles BukowskiIt was hard for me to believe. When recess was over I sat in class and thought about it. My mother had a hole and my father had a dong that shot juice. How could they have things like that and walk around as if everything was normal, and talk about things, and then do it and not tell anybody?
Charles Bukowski