Believe in the holy contour of life.
JACK KEROUACNo 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.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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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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My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
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The only truth is music.
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But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.
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Pretty girls make graves.
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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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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Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
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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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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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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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