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.
JACK KEROUACBecause in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
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My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women’s feet and asked for forgiveness.
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The only truth is music.
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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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Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.
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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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Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.
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A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
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Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything
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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
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Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
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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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