The only alternative to sleeping out, hopping freights, and doing what I wanted, I saw in a vision would be to just sit with a hundred other patients in front of a nice television set in a madhouse, where we could be "supervised."
Jack KerouacOftentimes an originator of new language forms is called 'pretentious' by jealous talents. But it ainโt whatcha write, itโs the way atcha write it.
Jack KerouacHoly flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America.
Jack Kerouac