Charles Bukowski: Frasi in inglese
Charles Bukowski era poeta e scrittore statunitense. Frasi in inglese.“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
Charles Bukowski libro Post Office
Origine: Post Office
Charles Bukowski libro Donne
Variante: Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they’ll spit on you.
Origine: Women (1978)
“If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.”
Charles Bukowski libro Love Is a Dog from Hell
Origine: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“and love is a word used
too much and
much
too soon.”
Origine: The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
“we only asked for leopards to guard
our thinning dreams.”
Charles Bukowski libro The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Origine: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“I no longer want it all, just some comfort and some sex and only a minor love.”
Charles Bukowski libro Love Is a Dog from Hell
Origine: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.”
Charles Bukowski libro Tales of Ordinary Madness
Origine: Tales of Ordinary Madness
“Her eyes always had a frantic, lost look. He could never cure her eyes of that.”
Charles Bukowski libro South of No North
Origine: South of No North
Charles Bukowski libro Hollywood, Hollywood!
Origine: Hollywood
“It all comes down to the last person you think of at night, that's where the heart is.”
Originale: Tutto si riduce all'ultima persona a cui pensi la notte, è lì che si trova il cuore.
Origine: In Una sorcia bianca – nella raccolta Storie di ordinaria follia
Charles Bukowski libro Post Office
Variante: I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing."
Origine: Post Office (1971)
Variante: Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. Some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. Some lose both and become accepted.