love, again.

“It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.”

oh charlie.

"Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat."

-from "Factotum" by Charles Bukowski

c.b.

"The myth of the starving artist was a hoax. Once you realized that everything was a hoax you got wise and began to bleed and burn your fellow man. I'd build an empire upon the broken bodies and lives of helpless men, women, and children - I'd shove it to them all the way. I'd show them!"

-from "Factotum" by Charles Bukowski

love

"Have you ever been in love?" ... "Love is for real people."


-from Factotum by Charles Bukowski

love

Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of pins.
-C. Bukowski

C. Bukowski

I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.