They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.
Charles BukowskiThe poet, as a rule, is a half-man - a sissy, not a real person, and he is in no shape to lead real men in matters of blood, or courage.
Charles Bukowskiit's good to have things done with when they don't work it's also good not to hate or even forget the person you've failed with.
Charles BukowskiBasically, that's why I wrote: to save my ass, to save my ass from the madhouse, from the streets, from myself.
Charles Bukowski