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This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.

Jack Kerouac

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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Bliss Ecstasy Essence Forever Happiness Mindset Ourselves Thinking True
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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Disappearance Hide Myself Night Run
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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Art Dedication Dreams Myself Sleep Suffering
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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Enjoyment Live Myself Nature Need Solitude Stop Thinking
Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.
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Greatness Love Myself
Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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Bed Better Comfortable Freedom Sleep
Genius gives birth, talent delivers.
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Born Genius One Liner Talent
I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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Hard Time Myself Right Swimming
When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!
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People River Separate Start Yourself
I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.
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Build Empty Freedom Glow Life Myself Page Power
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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Argument Dog God Love Master Wisdom
You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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Equality Idol Inspirational Yourself
Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
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Dangerous Love Pain Reality Yourself
The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.
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Best Experience Teacher View
It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
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Adventure Crazy End Sky
Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything
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Evidence Kindness Rest Yourself

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