"people run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Running Quotes #Rain Quotes #People Quotes

“Iâ€™ve never thought of Playboy, quite frankly, as a sex magazine. I always thought of it as a lifestyle magazine in which sex was one important ingredient.”
“On eluding conviction after mistrial: Why me? I am blessed. I can't complain. I am walking out the door. I am going to have a healthy and happy Christmas.”
“It's a safe bet that someone who tells you you need to calm down has never actually seen you when you needed to calm down.”
“Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.”
“I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested.”
“Today, I choose awareness. I choose to be aware of the beauty of life and living. I choose to be aware of the simple pleasures in life. I choose awareness of joy, awareness of peace, and awareness of love.”
“The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the money to give you time to write and you spend all of it staying alive while you write, and you write your heart out, after all that, maybe no one will publish it, and if they publish it, maybe no one will read it. That is the hard truth, that is what it means to be a writer.”
“People with big personalities are best in the center of the table. They can help carry the conversation from that place.”

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