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“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
― Allen Ginsberg

“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.”
― Allen Ginsberg

“Our heads are round so thought can change direction”
― Allen Ginsberg

“Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. ”
― Allen Ginsberg

“I really would like to stop working forever–never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now–and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends. And I’d like to keep living with someone — maybe even a man — and explore relationships that way. And cultivate my perceptions, cultivate the visionary thing in me. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence.”
― Allen Ginsberg

“Να είχα, λέει, μιαν αγάπη σαν αλάνα... Να κυλιόμουνα μέσα της, να ‘κανα τούμπες, να ‘πλωνα την αρίδα μου να λιαζόμουνα... Να ‘ρχόντανε τα όνειρά μου σαν τις κάργιες να φτεροκοπούν πάνω από το κεφάλι μου. Βαρέθηκα να χώνω τη ρημάδα την ψυχή μου στα ντουλάπια και να της κρεμώ αρωματικά σακουλάκια να μην τη φάει ο σκόρος. Βαρέθηκα να περπατώ με την πλάτη κολλημένη στα ντουβάρια, γιατί νιώθω γύρω μου το θόρυβο από τα μαχαίρια που ακονίζονται. Είναι πολύ, ρε σεις, αυτό που ονειρεύτηκα; Μιαν αγάπη λέω, σαν αλάνα. Ν’ απλώσω την αρίδα μου να λιαστώ.”
― Alkyoni Papadaki