“The prettiest girl in the crowd, darkeyed Susan, is in love with James, the tall young beautiful handsomeboy of the neighborhood who will probably win a prize soon, go to Hollywood and become a basketball star simultaneously and also be sought, because of his demure purple eyes, which he can’t help, (and long-eyelashed languor) by queers of every kind. . . .”

—Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody, 1972.