I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin…

Jack Kerouac
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I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.118, Penguin
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I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.118, Penguin

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