It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
JACK KEROUAC
JACK KEROUAC
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The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Be in love with your life, every detail of it.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.
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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything
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?
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Everything disturbs an absent lover.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes I love my job. But all the stuff that comes with it, the thought of being propelled into the limelight again is not something I sit around and fantasize about, certainly. I’d much rather just do my work, and then go home and read my books and watch movies.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I have more money than I need. I don’t need to work for a living. I do this because I love what I do.
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