"Why do you insist upon destroying yourself?"

--

Charles Bukowski

#Destroying Quotes

“You, sleeping on your bed of nails. Weeping an ocean beyond the pale. Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill. You're suffering from overkill... Choose whether to laugh or to cry. Menace and promise mingle in your eye. Wait, it's only a matter of time. You know everything will be fine... Rain falls down and the seas run high. When you're by my side we can rise above it. Let me dry all the tears inside. On your way you cannot hide from the howling wind and the roaring tide. You might get hurt but your fears will subside when you at last escape from the tears inside.”
“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”
“All people here have political rights, social rights, rights to employment, and no one should face discrimination, but our strategic choice is for traditional families, healthy families and a healthy nation. One does not exclude the other and does not hinder the other. I think this is a balanced approach and is entirely the right approach.”
“Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.”
“I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!”
“It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well. I used to be very uptight, but I've learned to loosen up.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.”
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

Source : Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.585, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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