Truth Quote by Charles Bukowski — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, Beethoven, Back, Buddha, Christ, TM, H, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, New York City, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice.”

“Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs”

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

“And then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the saddest smile I ever saw.”

“I can see where”

“I love when truth is stranger than fiction. It authenticates my wild imagination.”

“,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do.”

“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow.”

“We have to know the truth about the past to discover out future.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“The enormous difference between fighting gender discrimination as opposed to race discrimination is good people immediately perceive race discrimination as evil and intolerable. But when I talked about sex-based discrimination, I got the response, 'What are you talking about? Women are treated ever so much better than men!”