the city is more cruel than the walls
and finally the walls are all we have
and
almost nothing is
far better than
nothing at
all.
— Charles Bukowski, besieged
most people I can deal with.
I mean, I don’t want to look at them or
listen to them, and I don’t want them to
write or telephone, but I can deal
with them so long as they stay in their
space and let me have mine
— Charles Bukowski
The appropriate response to reality is to go insane.
— Philip K.
