top of page
.png){kind=small}
"Life wore a man out, wore a man thin.Tomorrow would be a better day."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Hope quotes
"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."
"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."
"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."
"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."
"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."
"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."
"The Lord is our hope. The Lord is our help."
Explore more quotes by Charles Bukowski
"There's too much coldness in the world," I told her. "If people would only talk things out together it would help."
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."
"I guess lesbianism wasn't so rampant in those days, they would've gotten a bunk with each other and just left me alone, you know. Which would have been just as well, you know.."
"It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you."
"If it doesn't come bursting out of youin spite of everything,don't do it.unless it comes unasked out of yourheart and your mind and your mouthand your gut,don't do it."
"If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains."
"Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have."
"I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again."
bottom of page