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 I read his books, I feel like I am sitting across the table from him, and having a mind bending conversation.
He was a great writer, who passed away at what I would call a young age (47 y/o).
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“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.”
~ 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
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
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
Jack Kerouac Quote
Jack Kerouac Quote
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, they will go their
separate ways, only to meet up again,
soon.
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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