February 2012
2 posts
Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very...
– Dr. Mary Malone, from The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials)
January 2012
3 posts
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going...
– ― Charles Bukowski
I saw her face and I thought, shit, I love her.
– Charles Bukowski, In and Out and Over (Hot Water Music) … (it continues: “What am I going to do? The best I could do was to act indifferent, then proceed with her to the parking lot. You must never let them know that you care or they will kill you.”)
December 2011
1 post
That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.
– ― Charles Bukowski, Factotum
November 2011
6 posts
In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed....
– ― Charles Bukowski, The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
chicks aren't supposed to like bukowski
how is it that a 20-something female can feel such a connect to an old, drunk, and womanizing man such as Bukowski?
… I’m still trying to figure that one out myself.
a distraction, not settling
“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
Is it time to go on a few dates, knowing they won’t lead anywhere—not wanting them to lead anywhere—but only to serve as a distraction as to safeguard my own sanity. They’ll never be him, and...
Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like...
– ― Charles Bukowski
it's always jazz and whiskey
I went through every emotion last night. Getting caught up over a musician.
Throughout the night, he walked straight pass me, ignoring me. He handed me off to strangers. I said I was leaving, then turned around and said I was a liar and it was early. He threw his hat to the ground.
I made myself physically ill, nearly retching, at the thought of him going home with random women. I kept eyes on...