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Kerouac: The Definitive Biography

by Paul Maher Jr. (Goodreads Author)

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Murder Takes a Vacation

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The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)

by Val McDermid

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“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

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“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

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

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

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“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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