Because anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writ…

Jack Kerouac
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Because anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just talents. ✨ The portable Jack Kerouac.
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