Allen Ginsberg — "What it finally boils down to is that the fear is not about the drugs but about …"

"No more to say, and nothing to weep for but the Beings in the Dream, trapped in its disappearance, sighing, screaming with it, buying and selling pieces of phantom, worshipping each other, worshipping…"

"Love is only a recognition of our own guilt and imperfection, and a supplication for forgiveness to the perfect beloved. This is why we love those who are more beautiful than ourselves, why we fear th…"

"I'm a husband, but I'm not a patriarch."

"The only way to overcome the devil is to love him."

"Why don't you put a stop to it? 'I try, he said—That's all he could do, he looked tired. He's a bachelor so long, and he likes lentil soup."