Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it a…

Jack Kerouac
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Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1976). On the Road, p.26, Penguin
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Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1976). On the Road, p.26, Penguin

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