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I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
Jack Kerouac
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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
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Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
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I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear?
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Don't tell them too much about your soul. They're waiting for just that.
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