“The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way.” ~ JackContinue reading “The Beat Generation ~ Jack Kerouac”
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Life Worth Living
“Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.” – Jack Kerouac
Be Kind ~Jack Kerouac Quote
Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything. ~Jack Kerouac
The Right Ideas
Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969
Mainstream Media
Born: March 24, 1919
Feelings
Born: March 26, 1930 – Died: January 17, 2001 Occupation: Poet
The World You See….. ~ Jack Kerouac
Neal Cassady
Born: February 8, 1926 – Died: February 4, 1968 AZQuotes.com
William S. Burroughs
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. -William S. Burroughs
Jack Kerouac On Writing
Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969 AZQuotes.com
Jack Kerouac
I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of thinking and enjoying what they call living, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds. Jack Kerouac
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Wordables
Jack Kerouac Quote
Wordables
Short Fiction
Spotted Jack Kerouac and a few of his beat friends, discussing how life could be beautiful. Thought I would and give a listen to their back and forth ideas, and believe me, it was all good. It seems the flow of their words was all encompassing, never shouting, smiles all around. When they are done,Continue reading “Short Fiction”
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Stars
Culture
After all, a homeless man …..
After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is against him. — Jack Kerouac
Aw I don’t wanta go ….
Aw I don’t wanta go to no such thing. I just wanta to drink in alleys.’…But you’ll miss all that, just for some old wine.’ There’s wisdom in wine, goddam it’ I yelled. ‘Have a shot! — Jack Kerouac
