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Bukowski Charles

1920 - 1976 (56)

Bukowski Charles
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Quote 1

I never met another man I would rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.

Quote 2

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.

Quote 3

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Quote 4

We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted with waiting

Quote 5

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.

Quote 6

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

Quote 7

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

Quote 8

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Quote 9

Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

Quote 10

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.