Amatullah Armstrong

“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”
― Gary Snyder

“...the great black bird broods outside my window in the high dark night waiting to enfold me when I leave the house tomorrow only I'm going to dodge it successfully by sheer animalism and ability and even exhilaration, so goodnight”
― Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody

“Ah the mad hearts of all of us.”
― Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody

“I know the secrets; I dig Joyce and Proust above Melville and Celine.”
― Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody