"one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid"

-- Charles Bukowski

#Acid Quotes #Good Poetry Quotes

“Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error.”

Source : "Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries" edited by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves; Pantheon Books, London, (p. 241), 1972.
“I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday mornings when she started cooking a daylong meal was to take a big block of lard from the back of the refrigerator and throw it into the pan. I know how Hispanics buy their food, and it is not always nutritious.”
“History is the shank of the social sciences.”
“People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.”

Source : Agnes Repplier (1916). “Counter-currents”
“If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our way across the world, merely making a noise as we go”
“My curiosity is not a choice. It's always been part of me. I think of it as a vital organ.”

Source : Lizz Winstead (2012). “Lizz Free or Die: Essays”, p.34, Penguin
“Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.”

Source : Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.164
“Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.”

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