Mike Rodriguez

“The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“I wanta swim in rivers and drink goatmilk and talk with priests and just read Chinese books and amble around the valleys talking to farmers and their children.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“Everything was everlastingly loose and responsive, it was all everywhere beyond the truth, beyond emptyspace blue. "The mountains are mighty patient, Buddha-man," I said out loud, and took a drink.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums