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Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

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people are not good to each other. perhaps if they were our deaths would not be so sad.

Ifs, People, Perhaps, Sad, So Sad

Meanwhile the 3 a. m. drunks of the world would lay in their beds, trying in vain to sleep, and deserving that rest, if they could find it.

Alcohol, Beds, Rest, Sleep, Trying, World

There's music in everything, even defeat

Defeat, Everything, Music

Dog is much admired by Man because he believes in the hand which feeds him. A perfect set-up. For 13 cents a day you've got a hired killer who thinks you are god. A dog can't tell a Nazi from a Republican from a Commie from a Democrat and, many times, neither can I.

Admired, Believe, Day, Dog, Man, Men

There's nothing unusual about love.

Love, Nothing, Unusual

People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.

Dangerous, Lose, People, Perspective, Sense

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Atheist, Educational, God, Lives, Readily, War

Almost everyone is born a genius and buried an idiot.

Born, Buried, Everyone, Genius, Life, Thought Provoking

we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning.

Cigarette, Cigarettes, Morning, Sat, Smoking

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

Beware, Constant, Crowds, Introvert, Nothing

When you clean up a city, you destroy it.

Cities, City, Clean, Destroy

Maybe when I get in the grave, things will be beautiful.

Beautiful, Grave, Graves, Maybe, Things

I never understood society. i undersand that it works somehow and that it functions as a reality and that its realities are necessary to keep us from worse realities. but all i sense are that are plenty of police and jails and judges and laws and that what is meant to protect me is breaking me down.

Down, Functions, Jail, Law, Reality, Sense

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