experiments in interdisciplines, I returned to college in the Fall, but my mind...

I returned to college in the Fall, but my mind wasn’t at rest… I left and went down to the South to think things over. Since then, on my own, I have been learning fast, writing a lot, reading good men, and have been slowly making up my mind, seriously & quietly. Either I am loathsome to others, I have decided, or else I shall be a beacon of rich warm light, spreading good and plenty, making things prosper, being a cosmic architect, conquering the world and being respected, myself grinning surreptitiously. Either that, Sirs, or I shall be the most loathsome, useless, and parasitical (on myself) creature in the world. I shall be a denizen of the Underground, or a successful man of the world. There shall be no compromise!!! I mean it.

- 19-year-old Jack Kerouac in New York Diaries, a fantastic collection of famous and infamous journal entries about New York City from the past 400 years, featuring Andy Warhol, Mark Twain, J.F.K., and other icons. (via curiositycounts)

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