Charles Bukowski Quotes

I'm not really a crying type.

Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears.

I'm very sensitive and I'm quite a soft person, and I cry a lot when things upset me.

I'm not a big crier.

I'm not a crybaby.

I'm not a very emotional person.

I'm not an emotional person.

I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect.

Don’t panic, I thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. “You mean you can feel happy or sad or—” “Desire.” A barely-there smile.

All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.

Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.

How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping?

Dumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse than anything.

It was almost enough to make me feel emotion.

Over my real sorrows I never weep.

I'm not a person who carries my emotions on my sleeve.

Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard.

Color is joy. One does not think joy. One is carried by it.

I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat. It's okay,' I said. 'I know I'm blue.' It caught me by surprise,' he said. 'I didn't want to seem rude.

I don't feel I'm angry. I feel as though I'm describing something true. If I had stabbed my husband, I could understand being called "angry." If I had an affair with my husband's best friend and written about that experience, I could see the anger. But I'm not doing that.

Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.

By nature, most people are controlled by their emotions. They feel sad, so they look sad.

Don't make me laugh, I'd much rather cry.

To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.

You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone.