“Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.
O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac”
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O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac”
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“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
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“Isn't it the task of the Holy Spirit to introduce some madness and intoxication into the world? Why this propensity for balance and safety? Don't we all long for one moment of raw risk, one moment of divine madness?”
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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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