Books, shmooks, this sickness has got me wishing if I can ever get out…

Jack Kerouac
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Books, shmooks, this sickness has got me wishing if I can ever get out of this I'll gladly become a millworker and shut my big mouth. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2012). Big Sur (Annotated), p.166, BookBaby
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Books, shmooks, this sickness has got me wishing if I can ever get out of this I'll gladly become a millworker and shut my big mouth. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2012). Big Sur (Annotated), p.166, BookBaby

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