This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.
Charles BukowskiWhat? Youโd dare drink right after getting out of jail for intoxication?โ Thatโs when you need a drink the most.
Charles BukowskiI sit on the couch watching her arrange her long red hair before my bedroom mirror. she pulls her hair up and piles it on top of her head- she lets her eyes look at my eyes- then she drops her hair and lets it fall down in front of her face. we go to bed and I hold her speechlessly from the back my arm around her neck I touch her wrists and hands feel up to her elbows no further.
Charles BukowskiOh, I donโt mean youโre handsome, not the way people think of handsome. Your face seems kind. But your eyes - theyโre beautiful. Theyโre wild, crazy, like some animal peering out of a forest on fire.
Charles Bukowski