Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
Pg. 94

“I put my arm around her waist but way around with my fingers digging into her belly and she said, “Oooh, I can’t stand that!” and almost fell down on the sidewalk and but my shirt just as an old lady was coming our way ogling us angrily and after she passed us we clinched in a big mad passionate kiss under the trees of the evening.”

Ray’s feelings towards Princess have changed. Earlier on he was more satisfied that there were no attachments between them and they were able to have sex, but still have to feelings. Now he is in puppy love and so is she, they have been doing less then sex but the feelings toward each other are more satisfying then before. They feel more connected have they both have true passion for one another.

Pg.97

“Cheer up slaves, and horrify foreign despots, he means that’s the attitude for the Bard, the Zen Lunacy bard of the old desert paths, see the whole thing is a world fill of rucksack wanderers, Dharma bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production and therefore have to work for the privilege of consuming, all that crap they didn’t really want anyway such as refrigerators, TV sets, cars, at least new fancy cars, certain hair oils and deodorants and general junk you finally always see a week later in the garbage can.”

Japhy is reading Walt Whitman and comes across the quote “Cheer up slaves, and horrify foreign despots” from this Japhy realizes that those who are not on their own path have to work hard to achieve things that are unnecessary and are to be thrown away sooner or later to make way for the next big thing or upgrade. But people like them, or the Bard they notice this cycles and are aware enough to make their own paths and achieve the things that are most important in like such as moral success and any great accomplishment.