Jazzcat Jack

"The only truth is music." ~ Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac ~

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Celebrating Jack Kerouac on this rainy Tuesday evening

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“Perfectly selfless, the beauty of it, the butterfly doesnt take it as a personal achievement, he just disappears through the trees. You too, kind and humble and not-even-here, it wasnt in a greedy mood that you saw the light that belongs to everybody.”

Jack Kerouac, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

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Happy Birthday, Jack!

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"you are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration"

Jack Kerouac, Satori in Paris & Pic 

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"the moon, the falling star look elsewhere early morning with the happy dogs i forgot the path the dog yawned and almost swallowed my dharma"

Jack Kerouac

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“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk.”

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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“I never felt sadder in my life. LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.”

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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“You could smell tea, weed, I mean marijuana, floating in the air, together with the chili beans and beer.”

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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“I stuck my head out the window and took deep breaths of the fragrant air. It was the most beautiful of all moments.”

— Jack Kerouac, from The Complete Prose; “On the Road,” published c. 1957

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"Hang on, hang on… life’s long, energy creates energy, things are all-right, hunger piles up, love waits… and when found… grows. Hang on."

Jack Kerouac, Windblown World

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“Perfectly selfless, the beauty of it, the butterfly doesnt take it as a personal achievement, he just disappears through the trees. You too, kind and humble and not-even-here, it wasnt in a greedy mood that you saw the light that belongs to everybody.”

Jack Kerouac, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

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"Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better" Jack Kerouac, Beliefs and Techniques for Modern Prose

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"The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is." 

Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums