Charles Bukowski Quotes

In the day I can smile though I wanna die / Hold on, hold on / I can keep it together for a little while / and be strong, so strong / But when the sun goes down and I'm all alone / I haven't the strength to fight / That's when my tears give in to the night

It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.

I'm a dramatic, depressive person.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.

There were times in my early 20s where I dealt with some anxiety and depression issues. At that time, it just feels like you're under the water, and you can't get out.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

I suffer anxiety and a lot of insecurities, depression and stuff.

I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.

If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

So sadness is a place?' Giovanni asked. 'Sometimes people live there for years,'I said.

I was in a very dark place for a long time. It's just so hard to have normalcy.

It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

I was an emotional basket case.

Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.

No one wants to spend too long inside their own darkness.

Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.