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Gregory Corso quotes

American Poet March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001

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It is a great feeling to know that from a window. I can go to books to cans of beer to past loves. And from these gather enough dream to sneak out a back door. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is..."
I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "but if a girl were possibleas I am possiblethen marriage would..."
but if a girl were possibleas I am possiblethen marriage would be possible... Gregory Corso
Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed. 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 parents, man, till I was about ten years old. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright."
I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. 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 the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. 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 quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "My father went into the armed service and I never saw my..."
My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. Gregory Corso
The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power."
Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells..."
I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. Gregory Corso
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other..."
The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso quote: "If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved."
If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved. Gregory Corso

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