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Blind man Quote by Jack Kerouac

“In the variety of the tone of her words, moods, hugs, kisses, brushes of the lips, and this night the upside-down kiss over the back of the chair with her dark eyes heavy hanging and her blushing cheeks full of sweet blood and sudden tenderness brooding like a hawk over the boy over the back…” quote by Jack Kerouac
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““In the variety of the tone of her words, moods, hugs, kisses, brushes of the lips, and this night the upside-down kiss over the back of the chair with her dark eyes heavy hanging and her blushing cheeks full of sweet blood and sudden tenderness brooding like a hawk over the boy over the back, holding the chair on both sides, just an instant, the startling sudden sweet fall of her hair over my face and the soft downward brush of her lips, a moment's penetration of sweet lip flesh, a moment's drowned in thinking and kissing in it and praying and hoping and in the mouth of life when life is young to burn cool skin eye-blinking joy - I held her captured upside down, also for just a second, and savored the kiss which first had surprised me like a blind man's bluff so I didn't know really who was kissing me for the very first instant but now I knew and knew everything more than ever, as, grace-wise, she descended to me from the upper dark where I'd thought only cold could be and with all her heavy lips and breast in my neck and on my head and sudden fragrance of the night brought with her from the porch, of some 5 & 10 cheap perfumes of herself the little hungry scent of perspiration warm in her flesh like presciousness.””

Jack Kerouac

About This Quote

Source Novel: On the Road, 1957

A vivid, sensual description of an intense, fleeting romantic encounter that blends physical intimacy with emotional revelation.

In simple terms: A passionate, brief kiss that awakens deep feeling.

Key Takeaway

Savor fleeting moments of love.

Themes

romance sensuality ephemerality passion intimacy

Mood

intense reflective nostalgic

Type

literary poetic sensory

When to use this quote

  • first kiss
  • late night romance
  • intimate confession
  • emotional awakening

Key Concepts

existential yearning sensory detail youthful longing

Questions to Reflect On

  • What does this moment reveal about desire?
  • How do fleeting encounters shape our memory?
A Different Perspective

The intensity may be idealized, not reflecting lasting connection.

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