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Quotes About Self-reliance

Your life is your life dont let it be clubed into dank submission
~ Charles Bukowski
It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.
~ Charles Bukowski
I was like a turd that drew flies instead of like a flower that butterflies and bees desired. I wanted to live alone,I felt best being alone, cleaner,,
~ Charles Bukowski
We must bring our own light to the darkness. Nobody is going to do it for us.
~ Charles Bukowski
the bar was the best place to hide in. time came under your control, time to wade in, time to do nothing in. no guru was needed, no god. nothing expected but yourself and nothing lost to the unexpected.
~ Charles Bukowski
My eyes were blue and my shoes were old and nobody loved me. But I had things to do.
~ Charles Bukowski
I could make it. I could win drinking contests, I could gamble. Maybe I could pull a few holdups. I didn't ask much, just to be left alone.
~ Charles Bukowski
Beware Those Who Seek Constant Crowds; They Are Nothing Alone
~ Charles Bukowski
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. Suddenly
~ Charles Bukowski
No me enorgullecía de mi soledad, pero dependía de ella. La oscuridad de la habitación era fortificante para mí como lo era la luz del sol para otros hombres.
~ Charles Bukowski
My eyes were blue and nobody loved me but myself.
~ Charles Bukowski
Only the strong can live alone, the strong and the selfish.
~ Charles Bukowski
The less i needed the better i felt.
~ Charles Bukowski
it took me a long time to find the most interesting person to drink with: myself
~ Charles Bukowski
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.
~ Charles Bukowski
Siempre es bueno saber que puedes vivir sin una persona sin la que pensabas que nunca serías capaz de vivir.
~ Charles Bukowski
Well, I asked him. I said, 'Master, what can I do to make my work better?'" "No shit?" "No shit." "What'd he say?" "He said, 'I can't tell you anything about your work. You must do it all by yourself.'" "Ha.
~ Charles Bukowski
Kad sam se našao vani, odlu?no sam krenuo kroz smog. O?i su mi bile plave, cipele stare i nitko me nije volio. Ali me ?ekalo puno posla.
~ Charles Bukowski
We only have ourselves to go on, and it's enough
~ Charles Bukowski
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.
~ Charles Bukowski
Then he spoke. "I just want to find out. I just want to find out for myself." "I don't come cheap." "How much?" "6 bucks an hour." "That doesn't seem like much money." "Does to me. You got a photo of your wife?
~ Charles Bukowski
And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness
~ Charles Bukowski
I felt better being alone.
~ Charles Bukowski
Like most others in the world they believe that failure is caused by some factor besides themselves.
~ Charles Bukowski