When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing left to give you the dream, to make you feel good for a moment.

Charles Bukowski

More information about this quote

Topic

Coping Alcohol

Speaker

Charles Bukowski

Source

Cultural Weekly

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bukowski, Charles. Interviewed by Elisa Leonelli. 1981.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Charles Bukowski about coping: “When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing…”
Download
A quote by Charles Bukowski about coping: “When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing…”
Download
A quote by Charles Bukowski about coping: “When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1980s

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

Steve Jobs

More information about this quote
Topic
Insiders and outsiders
Speaker
Steve Jobs
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jobs, Steve. Quoted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne. Harper & Row, 1987, ch. 6.

Another quote about Alcohol

Claret is the liquor for the boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

Buy The Life of Samuel Johnson at Amazon Buy The Life of Samuel Johnson at Amazon
Read The Life of Samuel Johnson at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Alcohol Drinking
Speaker
Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell
Source
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
Genre
Biography
Language
English
Time
1779 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 7 Apr. 1779.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.