Charles Bukowski

“I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.”



“Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them.”



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



“I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt”



“I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love,
and how you gave me everything you had
and how I offered you what was left of me.”

― Charles Bukowski