Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
JACK KEROUACNothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.
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Everything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.
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This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
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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.
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I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
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All I wanted to do was sneak out into the night and disappear somewhere, and go and find out what everybody was doing all over the country.
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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Life must be rich and full of loving–it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.
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While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
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I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.
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For life is holy and every moment is precious.
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It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.
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