"What peaches and what penumbras! Whole families shopping……" — Allen Ginsberg
"What peaches and what penumbras! Whole families shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wivesin the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons?"
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Allen Ginsberg
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118 Quotes by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg has 118 quotes on this site.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry…
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I smoke marijuana every chance I get.
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First thought, best thought.
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It's time we did something to assert ourselves. After all, we do comprise 10% of the population.
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The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.
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Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you…
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There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now.
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Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strange madness long growing in your soul. But you are…
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I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it…
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You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening. If you're grasping to get your own…
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Things are symbols of themselves.
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Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?
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And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths…
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There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must…
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The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing comes in. Because the…
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Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church,…
— Harry Crews
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There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray; he gets the glad…
— Walt Whitman
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV…
— Adora Svitak
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The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall…
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The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes…
— Stacey Levine
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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and…
— Al Jarreau
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I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the…
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