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He had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars.

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
Stars
Getting
Rolling
Keep
Nowhere
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Everywhere
Without
Tired
Travel
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