Charles Bukowski: Citáty v angličtine (page 6)
Charles Bukowski bol americký spisovateľ. Citáty v angličtine.
Tales of ordinary madness (1967-83)
Varianta: .. the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them...
Zdroj: Tales of Ordinary Madness
Bluebird
The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992)
Kontext: there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see you.
... I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
... he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
... and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
Varianta: You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
Zdroj: Women
Zdroj: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“I often carry things to read
so that I will not have to look at
the people.”
Zdroj: The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Zdroj: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“… in that drunken place
you would
like to hand your heart to her
and say
touch it
but then
give it back.”
Zdroj: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“dogs and angels are not
very far apart”
Zdroj: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Zdroj: Factotum (1975), Ch. 17
Kontext: I got into bed, opened the bottle, worked the pillow into a hard knot behind my back, took a deep breath, and sat in the dark looking out of the window. It was the first time I had been alone for five days. I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me. I took a drink of wine.
“There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.”
Zdroj: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire