"Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism."

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Edward Abbey

#Sick Quotes #Alcohol Quotes #Mama Quotes

“We can't write a serious novel in the 21st century without acknowledging the inescapable self-awareness we're stuck with. The idea we're surrounded by falsehoods and lies. It's hard for the thinking person to believe in narratives. And yet we want some place to invest our belief.”
“I don't want to go without leaving a trace.”

Source : Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 07, 2011.
“You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.”
“We are the masters of our reality.”
“And on the pedestal these words appear:â€¨ 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:â€¨ Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' â€¨Nothing beside remains. Round the decayâ€¨ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bareâ€¨ The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
“I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to perform. I've just initiated the project. That leads the project into creating an independent label outside of game music.”
“high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later.”
“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

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