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Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.

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
Everyone
Tell
Love
Sins
Forgive
Forgiving
Sin
Wisdom
Sure

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