Charles Bukowski: Frasi in inglese
Charles Bukowski era poeta e scrittore statunitense. Frasi in inglese.“she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.”
Charles Bukowski libro Love Is a Dog from Hell
Origine: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“It was like a church in there as only the truly lost sit in bars on Tuesday mornings at 8:00 a. m.”
Origine: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
Charles Bukowski libro Love Is a Dog from Hell
Origine: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future.”
Charles Bukowski libro Panino al prosciutto
Origine: Ham on Rye
“lay down. lay down like an animal and wait.”
Origine: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.”
Charles Bukowski libro Factotum
Origine: Factotum (1975), Ch. 31
Contesto: I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.
“You gotta find what you like and let it kill you.”
Variante: Find what you love and let it kill you.
Origine: The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
Charles Bukowski libro Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Origine: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“it does seem
the more we drink
the better the words
go.”
Origine: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“I am a series of small victories and large defeats.”
Charles Bukowski libro The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Origine: The People Look Like Flowers at Last