December 2009
19 posts
Laughter......
“A face is beautiful because it reveals the presence of thought, whereas at the moment of laughter a man does not think…in the instant that he grasps the comical, man does not laugh; laughter follows afterward as a physical reaction, as a convulsion of the face, and a convulsed person does not rule himself, he is ruled by something that is neither will nor reason… A human being who does not rule...
“those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers...”
– Charles Bukowski (via crashinglybeautiful)
“The writing of some
men
is like a vast bridge
that carries you
over
the...”
– Charles Bukowski, “The Wine of Forever” (via crashinglybeautiful)
“The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule...”
