That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a…

Charles Bukowski
690 citations
That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.
Humor
25

More Author Quotes

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. ✨ Charles Bukowski (1978) … ▶
a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )
I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2001). Ham On Rye, p.307, Canongate Books
As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize that a trap is a trap. If you are in one and you don't realize it, then y … ▶
Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2003). Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 196 … ▶

That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes