In all this welter of women I still hadn't got one for myself, not tha…

Jack Kerouac
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In all this welter of women I still hadn't got one for myself, not that I was trying too hard, but sometimes I felt lonely to see everybody paired off and having a good time and all I did was curl up in my sleeping bag in the rosebushes and sigh and say bah. For me it was just red wine in my mouth and a pile of firewood ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). Road Novels 1957-1960
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