I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work. - Jack Kerouac

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I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.

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About Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (12 March 1922 – 21 October 1969), born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, was an American novelist, poet, and artist. He was a central figure among Beat Generation writers.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Tom Palumbo from New York, NY, USA (CC BY-SA)

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Native Name: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Alternative Names: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac Kerouac Jean-Louis Kerouac

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The world you see is just a movie in your mind.
Rocks dont see it.
Bless and sit down.
Forgive and forget.
Practice kindness all day to everybody
and you will realize you’re already
in heaven now.
That’s the story.
That’s the message.
Nobody understands it,
nobody listens, they’re
all running around like chickens with heads cut
off. I will try to teach it but it will
be in vain, s’why I’ll
end up in a shack
praying and being
cool and singing
by my woodstove
making pancakes.

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