The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
JACK KEROUACAll of life is a foreign country.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
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For life is holy and every moment is precious.
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The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.
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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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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 feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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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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There’s wisdom in wine.
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My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
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Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
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Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
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