She was reading the want ads of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. I asked her if she was looking for a job; she… — Jack Kerouac
She was reading the want ads of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. I asked her if she was looking for a job; she only said it was the most interesting part of the paper.
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