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Charles Bukowski Quotes: Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
         

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.


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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.



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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Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.



Regardless of the nature of the conflict, one basic rule translates into most Conflict Zone “Theatres” that doesn’t make it into Movie Theaters is that the food runs out faster than the bullets.

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I've never been poor only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation.

I've never been poor only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation.



Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.



I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.



[Professional engineers] must for years abandon their white collars except for Sunday.

[Professional engineers] must for years abandon their white collars except for Sunday.



I don't approve of the use of animals for any purpose that involves touching them - caging them.

I don't approve of the use of animals for any purpose that involves touching them - caging them.



A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers.

A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers.



Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.

Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.




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