Charles Bukowski

"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."

Top Charles Bukowski Quotes

"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose."

"Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live."

"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."

"If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence."

"Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities."

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