
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
Variante: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
Variante: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Variante: The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”
Variante: she’s mad, but she’s magic.
"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
Interviews
“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”
Variante: We don't even ask for happiness, just a little less pain.
Fonte: From a letter to William Packard from 1985 (published in Reach for the Sun - the 3rd volume of Bukowski correspondence)
Contexto: Sex, love, duty, God, family are not to be bargained with against happiness, and we don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.
“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”
Charles Bukowski livro The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Variante: You have to die a few times before you actually live.
Fonte: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Charles Bukowski livro Factotum
Fonte: Factotum
“I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.”
Charles Bukowski livro Women
Variante: being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
Fonte: Women
“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
Charles Bukowski livro Misto Quente
Fonte: Ham on Rye
“I'm tired of waiting to die. Let's go out.”
Charles Bukowski livro Hot Water Music
Fonte: Hot Water Music
“people run from rain but
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”
Fonte: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”
Charles Bukowski livro Love Is a Dog from Hell
Fonte: Love Is a Dog from Hell
