Top 3 Beat Generation Quotes

And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks!

Tanks, Beat Generation, Hippo

William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac (2009). “And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks”, p.185, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain't this and that at all?

Wake Up, Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.199, Penguin

O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time.

Men, Beat Generation

William S. Burroughs (2007). “Naked Lunch: The Restored Text”, p.289, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Beat Generation Quotes