"When I was a little kid in Oregon I didn't feel that I was an American at all, with all that suburban ideal and sex r…"

"Colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect expressi…"

"By God, you're right, all those sedentary bums sitting around on pillows hearing the cry of a triumphant mountain sma…"

"See the whole thing is a world full of rucksack wanderers, Dharma Bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand th…"

"Only one thing I'll say for the people watching television, the millions and millions of the One Eye: they're not hur…"

""Pray tell us, good buddy, and don't make it muddy, who played this trick, on Harry and Dick, and why is so mean, thi…"

"Maybe I'll be rich and work and make a lot of money and live in a big house." But a minute later: "And who wants to e…"

"So the party was divided into three parts all the time: those in the living room listening to the hi-fi or thumbing t…"

"Who were all these strange ghosts rooted to the silly little adventure of earth with me? And who was I?"

"I really don't know, Ray, but I appreciate your sadness about the world."