Charles Bukowski Quotes

“I had always been good company for myself.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:self loneliness

“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:self beauty loneliness

“I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, 'crazy.' But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:friendship loneliness foolishness

“I liked the area, it had great shade trees, and since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:beauty darkness light

“I was an Agnostic. Agnostics didn't have much to argue about.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:religion faith

“It was a joy. Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:words reading joy

“I drank in my words like a thirsty man. I even began to believe them.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:words belief

“You can't overestimate the stupidity of the general public.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

topic:stupidity

“When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.”

― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

topic:world

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