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Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters

by Jack Kerouac

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Apr 21, 2016 02:04PM

“If all the world were green, there would be no such thing as the color green. Similarly, men cannot know what it is to be together without otherwise knowing what it is to be apart. If all the world were love, then, how could love exist? This is why we turn away from each other on moments of great happiness and closeness. How can we know happiness and closeness without contrasting them, like lights?”
― Jack Kerouac, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters

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“may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back”
― Lucille Clifton

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“ah, you always go for the ones who don't really want you”
― Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans

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“I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.”
― Allen Ginsberg, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952

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“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a 'hot mess' or having 'too many issues' are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.”
― Anthon St. Maarten