...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's told for companionship and to teach something religious, of religious reverence, about real life, in this real world which literature should (and here does) reflect.
Jack KerouacA fine thing to be talking about angels in this day when common thieves smash the holy rosaries of their victims in the street.
Jack KerouacItโs not that I canโt fall in love. Itโs really that I canโt help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I canโt distinguish between whatโs platonic and what isnโt, because itโs all too much and not enough at the same time.
Jack Kerouacdon't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work.
Jack KerouacIn those days he really didn't know what he was talking about; that is to say, he was a young jailkid all hung-up on the wonderful possibilities of becoming a real intellectual, and he liked to talk in the tone and using the words, but in a jumbled way, that he had heard from 'real intellectuals.
Jack Kerouac