Alone We're all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by... Charles Bukowski 17
Death We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. Charles Bukowski 18
Anger Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what... Charles Bukowski 13
Lose If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. Charles Bukowski 15
Soul The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. Charles Bukowski 12
Soul What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is... Charles Bukowski 14
Alone Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. Charles Bukowski 15
