“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
~ Charles Bukowski, Women
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“I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn’t have a god, politics, ideas, ideals.” ~ Charles Bukowski, Women
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“Getting drunk was good. I decided that I would always like getting drunk. It took away the obvious and maybe if you could get away from the obvious often enough, you wouldn’t become obvious yourself.” ~ Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye
“When I’m drinking around people, I tend to get silly or pugnacious or wild, which can cause problems.”~ Charles Bukowski
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“I hid in bars, because I didn’t want to hide in factories.” ~ Charles Bukowski, “Tough Guys Write Poetry” Interview
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“I don’t like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.” ~ Charles Bukowski
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