Quote of the day
His own image... was no longer the reflection of a clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive. He himself was a swan! Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
Neal Cassady

Born: February 8, 1926
Died: February 4, 1968 (aged 41)
Bio: Neal Leon Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. He was prominently featured as himself in the original "scroll" version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road.
Known for:
- The First Third
- Collected letters, 1944-1967 (1962)
- Grace Beats Karma
- Van Gogh's Ear: Best World Poetry & Prose
- El Primer Tercio







