His friends said, Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there? and B…

Jack Kerouac
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His friends said, Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there? and Bull said, I like it because it's ugly. All his life was in that line. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road, Viking Press
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