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John Clellon Holmes quotes: Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul.

Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.

The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: Jazz music hashaunted America for seventy years.It has tempted us out of our lily-white reserve with its black promise of untrammeled joy.

Jazz music hashaunted America for seventy years.It has tempted us out of our lily-white reserve with its black promise of untrammeled joy.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: They were brought up in these ruins and no longer notice them.

They were brought up in these ruins and no longer notice them.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: For invented gods invariably disappoint those who worship them.

For invented gods invariably disappoint those who worship them.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take.

But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free.

The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free.

John Clellon Holmes quotes: ...unlike the Lost Generation, which was occupied with the loss of faith, the Beat Generation is becoming more and more occupied with the need for it.

...unlike the Lost Generation, which was occupied with the loss of faith, the Beat Generation is becoming more and more occupied with the need for it.