“For invented gods invariably disappoint those who worship them.” GodWorshipDisappointmentBeat Generation Author:John Clellon Holmes
“Jazz music hashaunted America for seventy years.It has tempted us out of our lily-white reserve with its black promise of untrammeled joy.” YearsAmericaJoyBlackWhitePromiseJazzReservesSeventiesTemptedJazz MusicLilies Author:John Clellon Holmes
“Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension.” BookImaginationRiskMereMysteriousDevicesComprehensionMagnetPower Of Imagination Author:John Clellon Holmes
“But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take.” ThinkingBookJail Book:Go: A Novel Source: Go: A Novel
“The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free.” PathBuildingIndustryHillsAntsIdioticGlaciers Book:Go: A Novel Source: Go: A Novel
“The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.” PeopleDifferentWholeGenerationsBeatsBunchConclusionNationalityBeat GenerationDifferent Nationalities Author:John Clellon Holmes
“Certain kinds of clichés are the narcotics of the middle class.” KindCertainClassMiddleMiddle ClassNarcotics Author:John Clellon Holmes
“Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul.” SoulYour SoulSand Author:John Clellon Holmes
