i wish the whole world was dead serious about food instead of silly ro…

Jack Kerouac
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i wish the whole world was dead serious about food instead of silly rockets and machines and explosives using everybody's food money to blow their heads off anyway. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.217, Penguin
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i wish the whole world was dead serious about food instead of silly rockets and machines and explosives using everybody's food money to blow their heads off anyway. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.217, Penguin

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