"Women" Quotes
“Women” by Charles Bukowski follows the exploits of Henry Chinaski, a hard-drinking writer, as he navigates a series of tumultuous relationships with women, exploring themes of desire, loneliness, and self-destruction.
fiction | 291 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.
Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little bit more off you, until there was nothing left.
I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.
You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.
