Storm for the Living and the Dead Quotes

“one must arise
above all this shit,
keep growing...
destiny is only a whore if we make her
so.
let's light lights
let's suffer in the grand style,--
toothpick in mouth, grinning.
we can do it.
we were born strong and we will die
strong.
the manner of our living
like ocean liners in the fog...
thorns on roses...
blase boys trotting the parks in swim suits...
it has been very
good.
our bones
like stems into the sky
will forever cry
victory.”
― Charles Bukowski, Storm for the Living and the Dead: Uncollected and Unpublished Poems – Rare American Poetry, Hilarious and Ringing with Humanity

“well, I’ve been bombed out of better places than this,”
― Charles Bukowski, Storm for the Living and the Dead: Uncollected and Unpublished Poems – Rare American Poetry, Hilarious and Ringing with Humanity