"...a prayer by Saint Teresa announcing that after her death she will return to the earth by showering it with roses from heaven, forever, for all living creatures." (Kerouac, 5)
-This quote from the book Dharma Bums happens when the narrator is traveling to Santa Barbara and meets a skinny bum whom he gives food and later dubs the Saint Teresa Bum. This quote just shows how the narrator is taking all of his experiences with him. He references the quote about Saint Teresa many times later in the book. He does this because this quote is a quote that symbolizes hope. Saint Teresa is telling him that she will always be there in the roses, and always be there for all living creatures.
"I warned him at once I didn't give a goddamn about the mythology and all the names and national flavors of Buddhism, but was just interested in the first of Sakyamuni's four noble truths, All life is suffering." (12)
-The above quote explains the narrator's view on culture. To him he'd rather concentrate on the main ideas, and create his own. The quote shows that he is even slightly defensive and doesn't want to learn about the mythology of his beliefs. This is probably because he wants to create his own mythology, his own stories for why All life is suffering.
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