A Bukowski Line That Has Served You Well (1 Viewer)

[number6horse]

Title says it all - Is there a particular line or phrase from Buk's work that has sustained you through some rough times ? Something you rely on like a mantra ? Maybe this has been asked before but it doesn't seem like I'm going to remember it if it were before 3 in the morning, so.. anyway - I would be embarassed if I repeated these two lines in more than one thread but bear with me as I recall :

"natural guts defeating natural talent" ( from The Worst and The Best )

and

"in tiny rented rooms
i was struck by miracles" ( from "Me And Faulkner )

 

[Erik]

"it's not the large things that
send a man to the
madhouse."

 

[ROC]

"No man suffered more than nature intended"

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

I tend to paraphrase the opening of Post Office when I see someone at work and they ask me what I'm still doing here (wherever here is)? I'm always replying "it's a mistake".

 

[roni]

What matters Most is
how Well you walk
through the fire.

(from: 'how is your heart' in 'You get so Alone')

 

[Pop Farnsworth]

You want some turkey neck?

 

[Father Luke]

It began as a mistake.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

A variation: You get so stupid sometimes it just makes sense.

 

[Buzzcat]

Although I've altered a bit from the script, "It's not that I hate people, I just feel much better when they're not around..."

 

[Bukfan]

All we gotta do is die. And after living, that's a break...

 

[jmoshea]

My quote below says it all for me...

 

[number6horse]

"...and there's nothing worse than too late" is another fav of mine.