# Quote — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

> "Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told you about; the first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy."

- Author: [Jack Kerouac](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac.md)
- Book: [The Dharma Bums](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/the-dharma-bums.md)
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## More from this book

> Then I added "Blah," with a little grin, because I knew that shack and that mountain would understand what that meant, and turned and went on down the trail back to this world.

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> It was the realer-than-life Japhy of my dreams, and he stood there saying nothing. "Go away, thieves of the mind!" he cried down the hollows of the unbelievable Cascades.

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> Every time I felt bored I rolled another cigarette out of my can of Prince Albert; there's nothing better in the world than a roll-your-own deeply enjoyed without hurry.

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