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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars – Something good will come out of all things yet – And it will be golden and eternal just like that – There’s no need to say another word.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I didn’t know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You aren’t ever going to be anything in this world unless you do what you want to do, when you want to do it–don’t plan anything, just go out and do it.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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The lesson I’ve learned the most often in life is that you’re always going to know more in the future than you know now.
Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.
Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill I have always believed that there is no point in having regrets as you learn far more from mistakes than successes. Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don’t regret them.
Richard BransonRichard Branson Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
Roald DahlRoald Dahl I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali When you believe, all things are possible.
Joel OsteenJoel Osteen I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Every leader is telling a story about what he or she values.
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