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 KEROUACPractice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that.
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The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
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I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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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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Genius gives birth, talent delivers.
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Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything
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Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
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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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Pretty girls make graves.
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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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