Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.
JACK KEROUAC
JACK KEROUAC
Jack Kerouac on greatness
Jack Kerouac81 quotes“Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.”
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Jack KerouacJack Kerouac My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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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Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I petted the dogs who didn’t argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They’re wiser than their masters.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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?
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Everything is ecstasy inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind it is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being.
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