The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you li…

Jack Kerouac
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The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you live, yes you live, and that's no Harvard lie. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.256, Penguin
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