A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession.
Charles Bukowski
Woman Complexity, Life Choices, Full Commitment, Women, Career, Relationships
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Humorous Flair | Hope Amid Chaos | Rare Individuals | Turgenev | Dark Water | Human Discontent | Sunday Reflections | Taught Struggles | Emotional Growth | Book Love | Mirror Reflections | Comfortable Isolation | Personal Frustration | Survival Skills | Emotional Clarity | Desire Escape | Light | Unplanned Writing | Suffering | Extended Injustice | More
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
“In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking my ass.” Charles Bukowski
Future Rebirth, Animal Life, Feline Dreams, Cat, Sleep, Freedom
Charles Bukowski Future Rebirth, Animal Life, Feline Dreams, Cat, Sleep, Freedom“We're all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.” Charles Bukowski
Life’s Fragility, Love Each Other, Fear Of Death, Mortality, Trivialities, Love
Charles Bukowski Life’s Fragility, Love Each Other, Fear Of Death, Mortality, Trivialities, Love“People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.” Charles Bukowski
Letter Honesty, Poetic Nature, Human Masks, Writing, Reality, People
Charles Bukowski Letter Honesty, Poetic Nature, Human Masks, Writing, Reality, People“There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.” Charles Bukowski
Failure Lessons, Personal Growth, Resilience Development, Failure, Growth, Resilience
Charles Bukowski Failure Lessons, Personal Growth, Resilience Development, Failure, Growth, Resilience“My objection to war was not that I had to kill somebody or be killed senselessly, that hardly mattered. What I objected to was to be denied the right to sit in a small room and starve and drink cheap wine and go crazy in my own way and at my own leisure.” Charles Bukowski
War Critique, Personal Freedom, Life Choices, War, Freedom, Choices
Charles Bukowski War Critique, Personal Freedom, Life Choices, War, Freedom, Choices“The park grass looked greener, the park benches looked better and the flowers were trying harder.” Charles Bukowski
Nature’s Beauty, Optimistic View, Simple Joys, Park, Grass, Flowers
Charles Bukowski Nature’s Beauty, Optimistic View, Simple Joys, Park, Grass, Flowers“An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing.” Charles Bukowski
Death Awareness, Life Reflection, Early Death, Life, Mortality, Awareness
Charles Bukowski Death Awareness, Life Reflection, Early Death, Life, Mortality, Awareness“Things will be far worse than they are now. And far better. I wait.” Charles Bukowski
Hopeful Patience, Life Expectations, Waiting Game, Change, Future, Hope
Charles Bukowski Hopeful Patience, Life Expectations, Waiting Game, Change, Future, Hope“I’m going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I’ll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair.” Charles Bukowski
Alcohol Humor, Creative Chaos, Personal Expression, Alcohol, Chaos, Expression
Charles Bukowski Alcohol Humor, Creative Chaos, Personal Expression, Alcohol, Chaos, Expression“Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.” Charles Bukowski
Hope Amid Chaos, Positive Outlook, Inspirational Thought, Goodness, Hell, Perspective
Charles Bukowski Hope Amid Chaos, Positive Outlook, Inspirational Thought, Goodness, Hell, Perspective“Angels, we have grown apart.” Charles Bukowski
Spiritual Separation, Lost Connections, Emotional Distance, Poetic Sadness, Symbolic Reflection, Inner Change
Charles Bukowski Spiritual Separation, Lost Connections, Emotional Distance, Poetic Sadness, Symbolic Reflection, Inner Change“I walk into the kitchen, look at the typer down there on the floor. It’s a dirty floor. It’s a dirty typer that types dirty stories.” Charles Bukowski
Creative Process, Messy Spaces, Artistic Chaos, Typewriter, Stories, Kitchen
Charles Bukowski Creative Process, Messy Spaces, Artistic Chaos, Typewriter, Stories, Kitchen“There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls, but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd. Of course, I expect this, but the knife still cuts.” Charles Bukowski
Soul Impact, Emotional Pain, Betrayal Dynamics, Women, Soul, Pain
Charles Bukowski Soul Impact, Emotional Pain, Betrayal Dynamics, Women, Soul, Pain“To create art means to be crazy alone forever.” Charles Bukowski
Art Creation, Lonely Madness, Eternal Solitude, Art, Solitude, Madness
Charles Bukowski Art Creation, Lonely Madness, Eternal Solitude, Art, Solitude, Madness“The trouble with a mask is it never changes.” Charles Bukowski
Hidden Identity, Masked Truth, Personal Change, Mask, Identity, Deception
Charles Bukowski Hidden Identity, Masked Truth, Personal Change, Mask, Identity, Deception“Love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons.” Charles Bukowski
Love Reflection, Emotional Struggles, Life’s Lessons, Love, Reflection, Struggles
Charles Bukowski Love Reflection, Emotional Struggles, Life’s Lessons, Love, Reflection, Struggles“Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.” Charles Bukowski
Hidden Struggles, Relationship Envy, Emotional Turmoil, Envy, Relationship, Struggles
Charles Bukowski Hidden Struggles, Relationship Envy, Emotional Turmoil, Envy, Relationship, Struggles“I’m a genius but nobody knows it but me.”” Charles Bukowski
Self Confidence, Hidden Genius, Personal Struggles, Confidence, Genius, Struggles
Charles Bukowski Self Confidence, Hidden Genius, Personal Struggles, Confidence, Genius, Struggles