“I'm stuck struggling in the cold water, and all I can do is grieve, grieve, in the hoar necessitous horror of the morning, bitterly I hate myself, bitterly it's too late yet while I feel better I still feel ephemeral and unreal and unable to straighten my thoughts or even really grieve, in fact I feel too stupid to be really bitter, in short I don't know what I'm doing and I'm being told what to do.”
Desolation Angels is a work of fiction that delves into the psychological states of its characters, highlighting their struggles with loneliness and hopelessness. more
Jack Kerouac, born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, was an influential American novelist. Known for his autobiographical novels and beat literature, his most famous work is 'On the Road'. Kerouac's writings had a profound impact on American culture in the 1960s. more
“I'm right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.”
“Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.”
“Why are we embarassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”
“Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.”