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

“I'm one of those who doesn't think there is much difference”

“Beasts bounding through time.”

“well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you”

“I killed four flies while waiting. Damn, death was everywhere. Man, bird, beast, reptile, rodent, insect, fish didn't have a chance. The fix was in. I didn't know what to do about it. I got depressed. You know, I see a boy at the supermarket, he's packing my groceries, then I see him sticking himself into his own grave along with the toilet paper, the beer and the chicken breasts.”

“If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.”

“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”

“The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.”

“One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.”

“I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; Garlands from window to window; Golden chains from star to star ... And I dance.”

“[Poetry] is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”

“Poets are interested primarily in death and commas.”

“I heard of a man”