So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the worl…

Jack Kerouac
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So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.125, Penguin
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