Wisdom of Charles

I couldn't get myself to read the want ads.

The thought of sitting in front of a man

behind a desk

and telling him

that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job,

was too much

for me.

Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do

simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed.

So I stayed in bed and drank.

When you drank the world was still out there,

but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat."
— Charles Bukowski