— Charles Bukowski
"Learn, he says, that there will be hours, days and months ahead of feeling absolutely terrible and nothing can change that; neither new girlfriends, health professionals, changes of diet, dope, humility, or God."
"those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that."
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that."
— Charles Bukowski
"Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss."
— Charles Bukowski
(Source: erin-madeline)
"Something else is hurting you - that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or whips and rubber suits, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can’t think."
— Charles Bukowski
"Who the hell said you no longer had it in you?"
— Charles Bukowski
(Source: henrycharlesbukowski, via mermaidsongs)
"Before my death I hope to obtain my life."
— Charles Bukowski
(Source: disconnective, via x732x)
"I suppose like others
I have come through fire and sword,
love gone wrong,
head-on crashes, drunk at sea,
and I have listened to the simple sound of water running
in tubs
and wished to drown."
I have come through fire and sword,
love gone wrong,
head-on crashes, drunk at sea,
and I have listened to the simple sound of water running
in tubs
and wished to drown."
— Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last
(Source: larmoyante, via heartthr0bbstark)