I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
JACK KEROUACMy aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women’s feet and asked for forgiveness.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don’t need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.
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What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
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It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
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Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.
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When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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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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The only truth is music.
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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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I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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Who knows, my God, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty?
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