Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Charles Bukowski
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The Laughing Heart your life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it. you are marvelous the gods wait to delight in you.”
“I think that the world should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, just cats and rain, rain and cats, very nice, good night.”
“a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )”
“It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.”
“I was only photographing in words the reality of it all.”
“how can you be true and kind at the same time? how?”
“sleeping in the rain helps me forget things like I am going to die and you are going to die and the cats are going to die but it's still good to stretch out and know you have arms andfeet and a head, h ands, all the parts, even eyes to close once more, it really helps to know these things, to know your advantages and your limitations, but why do the cats have to die, I think that theworld should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, justcats andrain, rain and cats, very nice, good night.”
“most days go nowhere but the avoidance of pain and dissolution are lovely.”
“the people are the biggest horror show on earth, have been for centuries.”
“Don't you go to the movies?" "Mostly just to eat popcorn in the dark.”
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