I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
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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The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
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Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
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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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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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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.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
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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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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
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This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
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