420 books
—
172 voters
Beatnik
“
I have tonight begun reading a stupid, shitty book by Kerouac called Big Sur, and I would give a ball to wake up tomorrow on some empty ridge with a herd of beatniks grazing in the clearing about 200 yards below the house. And then to squat with the big boomer and feel it on my shoulder with the smell of grease and powder and, later, a little blood.
...more
”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“
All brace to taste life’s bitter curse—
A second birth, but in reverse—
A return to the cold, hard womb of earth.
”
― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
35 members,
last active 2 years ago





























