That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one.
There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all.
I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.
In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love.
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar.
I don't expect the human race to progress in too many areas. However, having a child with an ear infection makes one hugely grateful for antibiotics.