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> [My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/my-father-took-me-back-home-back-to-greenwich-village-and-he-thought/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

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## More by Gregory Corso

> [Spirit is Life. It flows thru the death of me endlessly like a river unafraid of becoming the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/spirit-is-life-it-flows-thru-the-death-of-me-endlessly-like-a-river/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [If you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/if-you-have-a-choice-of-two-things-and-can-t-decide-take-both/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/i-feel-i-want-to-be-wise-with-white-hair-in-a-tall-library-in-a-deep/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/my-background-did-not-start-with-the-east-side-it-started-with/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/the-judge-said-i-was-a-menace-to-society-because-i-had-put-crime-on-a/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [It is a great feeling to know that from a window I can go to books to cans of beer to past loves. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/it-is-a-great-feeling-to-know-that-from-a-window-i-can-go-to-books-to/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/my-father-took-me-back-home-back-to-greenwich-village-and-he-thought/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [O how terrible it must be for a young man-- seated before a family and the family thinking We never saw him before! He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/o-how-terrible-it-must-be-for-a-young-man-seated-before-a-family-and/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [a fat Reichian wife screeching over potatoes Get a job! And five nose running brats in love with Batman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/a-fat-reichian-wife-screeching-over-potatoes-get-a-job-and-five-nose/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/i-remember-the-people-i-knew-in-prison-i-was-very-fortunate-to-know/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/i-moved-up-over-lower-east-side-and-i-was-adopted-by-eight-foster/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/they-that-unnamed-they-they-ve-knocked-me-down-but-i-got-up-i-always/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/ah-if-i-were-dictator-i-d-have-poets-throwing-bombs/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/the-lucky-thing-was-that-i-was-italian-when-the-other-italians-saw-me/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

> [You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/you-see-i-went-to-the-sixth-grade-and-that-was-the-highest-i-ever-went/)

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