Memoirs of a Beatnik Quotes

“There are as many kinds of kisses as there are people on earth, as there are permutations and combinations of those people. No two people kiss alike—no two people fuck alike—but somehow the kiss is more personal, more individualized than the fuck.”
― Diane di Prima, Memoirs of a Beatnik

“You never do get to go back to anything, but it really takes a long time to learn that….”
― Diane di Prima, Memoirs of a Beatnik

“We thought we were doing the same things we'd always done because the changes happened in slow motion, but happen they did, and when we looked out the window we were someplace else.”
― Diane di Prima, Memoirs of a Beatnik