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.
JACK KEROUACEverything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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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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The silence was an intense roar.
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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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Who knows, my God, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty?
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I’ll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone’s lapel and make them confess to me and to all.
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Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.
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Be in love with your life, every detail of it.
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Pretty girls make graves.
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
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Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
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I petted the dogs who didn’t argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They’re wiser than their masters.
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Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.
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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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