Pretty girls make graves.

Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums

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Beautiful women Beauty Dangers of love

Author

Jack Kerouac

Source

The Dharma Bums

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. Viking Press, 1958, ch. 5.

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