Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection Quotes

“I needed a vacation. I needed 5 women. I needed to get the wax out of my ears. My car needed an oil change. I’d failed to file my damned income tax. One of the stems had broken off of my reading glasses. There were ants in my apartment. I needed to get my teeth cleaned. My shoes were run down at the heels. I had insomnia. My auto insurance had expired. I cut myself every time I shaved. I hadn’t laughed in 6 years. I tended to worry when there was nothing to worry about. And when there was something to worry about, I got drunk.”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths

“It’s hatred, the only thing that lasts.”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths

“What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths

“You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn’t deceive anybody.”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths

“You can’t get blood out of a fucking turnip!”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths

“The good die old, I thought.”
― Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection: Five Gritty, Unvarnished Classics from Bukowski’s Underground Canon — A Raw Tour of Loneliness, Humor, and Hard-Lived Truths