Neal Cassady Quotes

Neal Leon Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.

He was prominently featured as himself in the original "scroll" version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. He also served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the 1957 version of that book. In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray.

✵ 8. February 1926 – 4. February 1968
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Neal Cassady Quotes

“Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits.”

Source: First Third & Other Writings - Revised & Expanded Edition Together With A New Prologue

“The time has come, everybody lie down so you won't get hurt when the sun bursts.”

Source: First Third & Other Writings - Revised & Expanded Edition Together With A New Prologue

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