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But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Kerouac
Jean-Louis Kerouac
Capable
Outside
Sweet
Girl
Littles
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Awfully
Things
Dumb
Horrible

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