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 them, and why we must be unhappy lovers.
— Allen Ginsberg Modern

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The Letters of Allen Ginsberg / Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters

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