No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.
JACK KEROUACYou 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.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.
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Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that.
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Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
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He had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars.
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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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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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