I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
JACK KEROUACPut down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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.
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
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Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
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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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The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
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Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don’t need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.
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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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For life is holy and every moment is precious.
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The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
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Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to want anything else?
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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There’s wisdom in wine.
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