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 KEROUACI realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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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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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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It’s okay, girl, we’ll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We’re fallen angels who didn’t believe that nothing means nothing.
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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.
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It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
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Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.
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You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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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.
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There’s wisdom in wine.
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A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.
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