the beat writer Jack Kerouac’s real name is Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac just wanted to throw this tid bit of information out there
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Feelings
Jack Kerouac
Finishing up Jack Kerouac’s novel: The Town and The City. Its the second time I have read it, and its an interesting read. The beginning of the book, he mentions the city I was born and raised in, the city I reside in now, and the river which is only two blocks away. When IContinue reading “Jack Kerouac”
“Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.” ~ Jack Kerouac
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ~Jack Kerouac
Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything. ~Jack Kerouac
Beat Generation
“The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.” ~ John Clellon Holmes, Author ~ 1926 – 1988
“And so love goes. And so life goes. And so I go.” ~ Neal Cassady
“I don’t think there is any truth. There are only points of view.” ~Allen Ginsberg
Six Words
where have you gone Jack Kerouac?
“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.” ~ Jack Kerouac
Suddenly Wake Up
“Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?” ~ Jack Kerouac
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~Jack Kerouac
The Beat Generation ~ Jack Kerouac
“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”
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”
Jack Kerouac Quote
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
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