Today was
Neal Cassady's
birthday. it's also a
full moon and the date on which the
Boy Scouts were founded. Here are some Cassady quotes:
"
The secret of the fuse is to think of
the soul and not
the ego. It took the
Chinese years to discover
swallowing tadpoles by the dozens doesn't make for effective contraceptives."
"This Eyetalian --or was it
E? --opened a pack of
Camels upsidedown, impressed even me."
"I swore, for all those Saddiday nights I missed when I was in
San Quentin I'd stay up every Saturday night for two full years to make up."
(Excerpts from the movie: "
Neal Cassady In The Backhouse," filmed by
Page Browning at
La Honda,
California in
1965.)