THE DAILY BEAT: I provide a Jack Kerouac quote and you figure out the book (7th in a series)

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

I provide a Jack Kerouac quote and you figure out the book (7th in a series)

This is the 7th in a series of posts where I provide a quote from one of Jack Kerouac's books and you figure out which one. Post your answer as a comment. Here's the passage:

That's because death,
Void, bleak,
And all those gray
Worries I had
Are now my luminous
Love
& there's nothing
to say
PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES Fuck you all

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P.S. For bonus points, name the other Kerouac work in which you will find the phrase, "Pretty girls make graves."

2 comments:

dave said...: Some of the Dharma
& The Dharma Bums.

Those two books have much text in common.; September 8, 2020 at 6:38 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Dave is correct. The passage is from Some of the Dharma. "Pretty girls make graves" appears in The Dharma Bums.; September 9, 2020 at 12:14 PM

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Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."