Quotes From "What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire" By Charles Bukowski

And when love came to us twice and lied to us twice we decided to never love again that was fair fair to us and fair to love itself. we ask for no mercy or no miracles; we are strong enough to live and to die and to kill flies, attend the boxing matches, go to the racetrack, live on luck and skill, get alone, get alone often, and if you can't sleep alone be careful of the words you speak in your sleep; and ask for no mercy no miracles; and don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love failsand death is useless. Charles Bukowski

All theorieslike clichesshot to hell, all these small faceslooking upbeautiful and believing; I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid. I wish to believe but believe is agraveyard. we have narrowed it down tothe butcherknife and themockingbird wish usluck. Charles Bukowski

I write poetry, worry, smile, laughsleepcontinue for a whilejust like most of usjust like all of us;sometimes I want to hug all Mankind on earthand say, god damn all this that they've brought down upon us, we are brave and goodeven though we are selfishand kill each other andkill ourselves, we are the peopleborn to kill and die and weep in dark roomsand love in dark rooms, and wait, andwait and wait and wait.we are the people.we are nothingmore. Charles Bukowski