"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix."

"The only way to change the world is to change yourself."

"America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing."

"Blessed Blessed Blessed in sickness! Blessed be you Naomi in Hospitals! Blessed be you Naomi in solitude! Blest be your triumph! Blest be your bars! Blest be your last years' loneliness! Blest be your…"

"If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work."