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I walk into the kitchen, look...

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 831 quotes

A dry period for me means per...

A dry period for me means perhaps going two or three nights without writing. I probably have dry periods but I'm not aware of them and I go on writing, only the writing probably isn't much good.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

she is no longer the beautifu...

she is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sitting upon a rock by the ocean alone and damned. I could have had her once. I wonder if she thinks I could have saved her?

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I seldom know what I'm going ...

I seldom know what I'm going to write when I sit down. There isn't much agony and sweat of the human spirit involved in doing it. The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I used to lay drunk in alleys...

I used to lay drunk in alleys and I probably will again.Bukowski, who is he? I read about Bukowski and it doesn't seem like anything to do with me.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Homosexuals are delicate and ...

Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I don't carry notebooks and I...

I don't carry notebooks and I don't consciously store ideas. I try not to think that I am a writer and I am pretty good at doing that. I don't like writers, but then I don't like insurance salesmen either.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

…He was always high on drugs....

…He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days, I knew I could get anything I wanted from him.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR TYPEWRITE...

WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR TYPEWRITER YOU LEAVE YOUR MACHINE GUN AND THE RATS COME POURING THROUGH.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The world had somehow gone to...

The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I'm too careless. I don't put...

I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I could scream down 90 mounta...

I could scream down 90 mountains to less than dust if only one living human had eyes in the head and heart in the body, but there is no chance, my god, no chance. rat with rat dog with dog hog with hog, play the piano drunk listen to the drunk piano, realize the myth of mercy stand still as even a child's voice snarls and we have not been fooled, it was only that we wanted to believe.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

And there I was, 225 pounds, ...

And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair uncombed, 6 feet of geek, waiting for her.

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A man needed somebody. There ...

A man needed somebody. There wasn't anybody around, so you had to make up somebody, make him up to be like a man should be. It wasn't make-believe or cheating. The other way was make-believe and cheating: living your life without a man like him around.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

What's wrong with assholes, b...

What's wrong with assholes, baby?

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

but right now it's Bob Dylan ...

but right now it's Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan all the way.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The dog approached again, cau...

The dog approached again, cautiously. I found the bologna sandwich, ripped off a chunk, wiped the cheap watery mustard off, then placed it on the sidewalk. The dog walked up to the bit of sandwich, put his nose to it, sniffed, then turned and walked off. This time he didn't look back. He accelerated down the street. No wonder I had been depressed all my life. I wasn't getting proper nourishment.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

That the young rich smell the...

That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

People were usually much bett...

People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

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it doesn't matter if Prince C...

it doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horse or that the hummingbird is so seldom seen or that we are too senseless to go insane. coffee. give us more of that NOTHING coffee.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....