It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps me…

Charles Bukowski
690 citations
It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust.
Humanity Philosophy Reading
24

More Author Quotes

too often, the only escape is sleep ✨ Charles Bukowski (2002). Il grande, p.196, Feltrinelli Editore
I went over to see Marina two or three or four times a week. I knew as long as I could see the girl I would be all right…. Soon after, I got a letter from Fay. She and the child were living in a hipp … ▶
You were destroyed by what you befriended.
News travels fast in places where nothing much ever happens. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2001). Ham On Rye, p.240, Canongate Books
I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2001). Ham On Rye, p.166, Cano … ▶

It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes