“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
“Believe in the holy contour of life”
"Belief & Technique For Modern Prose: List of Essentials" in a letter to Arabelle Porter (28 May 1955); published in Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters 1940-1956 (1995) and in a letter to Don Allen (1958); published in Heaven & Other Poems (1977)
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