"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire."

- CHARLES BUKOWSKI

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

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI

“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI

“If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.”

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI

"and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average"

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI,
The Genius of the Crowd

"I am asked to hide
my viewpoint
from them
for fear of their
fear."

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI

“If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”

-CHARLES BUKOWSKI