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Charles Bukowski Quotes: I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.
         

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.


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Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.



The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.



Find what you love and let it kill you.

Find what you love and let it kill you.



If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.



Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.

Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.





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They say the Japanese don't experience menopause or hot flashes. If that's the case why are they the number-one fan-producing country in the world?

They say the Japanese don't experience menopause or hot flashes. If that's the case why are they the number-one fan-producing country in the world?



Telling a story is like playing a fiddle. No one want's to hear it when it's done badly

Telling a story is like playing a fiddle. No one want's to hear it when it's done badly



God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'



Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.

Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.



Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.

Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.



I seem to have dodged all my days with one or two persons, and lived upon expectation,--as if the bud would surely blossom; and soI am content to live.

I seem to have dodged all my days with one or two persons, and lived upon expectation,--as if the bud would surely blossom; and soI am content to live.



If people would only look to the cookie, all our problems would be solved.

If people would only look to the cookie, all our problems would be solved.



There is only one real computer - the universe - whose hardware is made up of non-spatial states of consciousness and software is made up of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thoughts.

There is only one real computer - the universe - whose hardware is made up of non-spatial states of consciousness and software is made up of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thoughts.



The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.

The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.




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