She wasn't very interesting but few people are.

— Charles Bukowski

Mir gefiel der Anblick von Schenkel und Wade, der generelle Irrsinn von allem.

— Charles Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski; Baden-Baden, 1978

Ich habe immer die selben Probleme, meistens mit einer Frau. Sie reißen mich in Stücke, sie sind härter als ich, wirklich. Ich bin gefühlvoller, zu gefühlvoll. Dafür muss ich bezahlen.

— Charles Bukowski

Beware of those that seek constant crowds. They are nothing alone.

— Charles Bukowski

Look, let me put it this way: With me, you're number one and there isn't even a number two.

— Charles Bukowski

Hüte Dich vor dem Durchschnittsmann, vor der Durchschnittsfrau. Hüte Dich vor ihrer Liebe. Ihre Liebe ist Durchschnitt, sucht Durchschnitt. Aber da ist Genialität in ihrem Hass. Und ihr Hass wird vollkommen sein; ihre schönste Kunst.

— Charles Bukowski

You're breast men? I don't understand you. Legs are the only thing.

— Charles Bukowski

We are simply a part of the machinery of the moment.

— Charles Bukowski

Nobody can save you but yourself. You will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. They will attempt again and again to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly inside and it will be easy enough to fail but don't, don't, don't. Just watch them. Listen to them. Do you want to be like that? A faceless, mindless, heartless being? Do you want to experience death before death? Nobody can save you but yourself and you're worth saving. It's a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it. Think about it. Think about saving yourself.

— Charles Bukowski