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Beat Generation Poets
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My witness is the empty sky.
Jack Kerouac, 'On the Road'
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
Charles Bukowski, no specific source as it is a paraphrased idea often attributed to him
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Jack Kerouac, 'Charter for the Beat Generation'
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
Jack Kerouac, 'The Dharma Bums'
Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream
Jack Kerouac, 'Lonesome Traveler'
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...
Allen Ginsberg, 'Howl'
The only people for me are the mad ones...
Jack Kerouac, 'On the Road'
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
Allen Ginsberg, 'On Being a Writer'
The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.
Allen Ginsberg, 'Song'
The only truth is music.
Jack Kerouac, 'The Subterraneans'
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
Rainer Maria Rilke, often misattributed to Beat poets
Burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
Jack Kerouac, 'On the Road'
Art is the Tree of Life. Science is the Tree of Death.
William Blake, often misattributed to Beat poets
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Charles Bukowski, purportedly - disputed
An unseen hand also pass'd over their bodies, It descended tremblingly from their temples and ribs.
Walt Whitman, 'Leaves of Grass'
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