“Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us.”
— Jim Carroll
“I’ll Die For Your Sins If You Live For mine.”
— Jim Carroll, Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems
“I just wanna be pure, I just wanna be pure.” -Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries
“They were all my friends, and they died.” -The Jim Carroll Band
Jim Carroll August 1, 1950 – September 11, 2009
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[tags]Jim Carroll, poet[/tags]
I was so sad to hear of his passing! RIP.
I adored Basketball Diaries. Never knew he had poetry out there. Guess I never looked very hard!
R.I.P., indeed.
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