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

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And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

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

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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.

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To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up.

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John Clellon Holmes

John Clellon Holmes

Born: March 12, 1926
Died: March 30, 1988 (aged 62)
Bio: John Clellon Holmes was an American author, poet and professor, best known for his 1952 novel Go. Considered the first "Beat" novel, Go depicted events in his life with his friends Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg.

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