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Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet, a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
* He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922.
* He attended Columbia University, where he met Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.
* His most famous book, On the Road, was published in 1957.
* The book chronicled his travels across the United States with his friends.
* Kerouac's writing style, known as "spontaneous prose," was influenced by jazz music.
* He died of alcoholism in 1969 at the age of 47.
* His work continues to be influential, and he is considered one of the most important American writers of the 20th century.

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Pain or love or danger makes you real again....

Jack Kerouac

Be in love with your life, every detail of it.

Jack Kerouac

I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.

Jack Kerouac

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

Jack Kerouac

And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.

Jack Kerouac

So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry

Jack Kerouac

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life

Jack Kerouac

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Jack Kerouac

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

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