"Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain"
"Write in recollection and amazement for yourself."
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Source: Belief & Technique For Modern Prose: List of Essentials in a letter to Arabelle Porter (28 May 1955); published in Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters 1940-1956 by Jack Kerouac, 1995.
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