Japhy Ryder quotes
A character in The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
3 quotes spoken by or about Japhy Ryder, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.
The Dharma Bums
Jack Kerouac
About Jack Kerouac
I warned him at once I didn't give a goddamn about the mythology and all the names and national flavors of Buddhism
my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom.
It was exactly like he'd said: wet, immense, timbered, mountainous, cold, exhilarating, challenging.
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