Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.
JACK KEROUAC
JACK KEROUAC
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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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars – Something good will come out of all things yet – And it will be golden and eternal just like that – There’s no need to say another word.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I didn’t know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I’ll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone’s lapel and make them confess to me and to all.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac All of life is a foreign country.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac The silence was an intense roar.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac
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I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
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Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
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Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.
AtticusAtticus Sure she would drink & digress with you but i undressed your soul. He sank in the shallow end.
Charlie GilbertCharlie Gilbert I like to drink to suit my location.
Tom JonesTom Jones What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DiogenesDiogenes If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll Always drink upstream from the herd.
Will RogersWill Rogers We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EpicurusEpicurus To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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