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William S. Burroughs
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ”
William S. Burroughs

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Alan W. Watts
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
Alan Watts

Hermann Hesse
“Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.”
Herman Hesse

Philip K. Dick
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
Philip K. Dick

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Dedicated to that great beachbum salvage consultant, Travis McGee. May the Busted Flush dock forever in Bahia Mar, Slip F-18, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
26768 Hockey — 61 members — last activity Dec 05, 2017 03:05PM
For all hockey fans
6023 The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction — 198 members — last activity Jul 27, 2015 03:30AM
This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your ...more
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