How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #22
At dawn I got my New York bus and said good-by to Dean and Marylou. They wanted some of my sandwiches. I told them no. It was a sullen moment. We were all thinking we’d never see one another again and we didn’t care. (II.11.12)
Sal’s refusal to give Dean a sandwich mirrors his decision at the end of the novel not to give Dean a ride; both small favors whose refusal carries enormous weight.
Quote #23
In the spring of 1949 I had a few dollars saved from my GI education checks and I went to Denver, thinking of settling down there. I saw myself in Middle America, a patriarch. I was lonesome. Nobody was there - no Babe Rawlins, Ray Rawlins, Tim Gray, Betty Gray, Roland Major, Dean Moriarty, Carlo Marx, Ed Dunkel, Roy Johnson, Tommy Snark, nobody. (III.1.1)
Sal feels saddest when he is alone. He needs Dean for the same reason he needs women: companionship.
Quote #24
Before I knew it, once again I was seeing the fabled city of San Francisco stretched on the bay in the middle of the night. I ran immediately to Dean. He had a little house now. I was burning to know what was on his mind and what would happen now, for there was nothing behind me any more, all my I bridges were gone and I didn’t give a damn about anything at all. I knocked on his door at two o’clock in the morning. (III.1.7)
Sal’s exuberance to see Dean reminds us of the intensity of their friendship.