colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middle-class non-identity which usually finds its perfect expression on the outskirts of the campus in rows of well-to-do houses with lawns and television sets in each living room with everybody looking at the same thing and thinking the same thing at the same time while the Japhies of the world go prowling in the wilderness to hear the voice crying in the wilderness, to find the ecstacy of the stars, to find the dark mysterious secret of the origin of faceless wonderless crapulous civilization. β¨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.39, Penguin
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- This was a manuscript of the night we couldnβt read. β¨ Jack Kerouac (1995). The Portable Jack Kerouac, Viking Adult
- I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. β¨ Jack Kerouac (2016). The Unknown Kerouac: Rare, Unp β¦ βΆ
- Bee, why are you staring at me? I am not a flower?? β¨ Jack Kerouac (2013). Book of Haikus, p.15, Penguin
- We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time. β¨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.192, Penguin
- My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears. β¨ Jack Kerouac (2000). Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings, p.92, Penguin
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