This is a world where everybodyโs gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybodyโs gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that . . . Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I donโt wanna do. All the things that I donโt wanna be. Places I donโt wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I donโt understand that . . .
Charles BukowskiFood is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly โ all else is desperation.
Charles BukowskiEverything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is all there and all ours for the taking." -- Cecilia to Henry Chinaski, liberty taken changing past tense to present tense (173)
Charles Bukowski