"I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me."

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Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1994). “These are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993”, p.107, New Directions Publishing

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#Bridges Quotes #Brooklyn Quotes #World Quotes

“I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.”
“In America, law substitutes for custom.”
“We can't change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it.”
“It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.”
“I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes of the long-forgotten Abbey Crunch will remain forever on my lips. I loved the biscuit as much as anything I have ever eaten, and often, in moments of solitude, I still think about its warm, buttery, sugary self.”
“Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.”
“Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction”
“If you listen to your own voice, unknown friends will come and seek you.”

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