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Jack Kerouac81 quotes“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
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When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac There’s wisdom in wine.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Life must be rich and full of loving–it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac The beauty of things must be that they end.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Pretty girls make graves.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac 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
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.
Chogyam TrungpaChogyam Trungpa This was it. Together. Forever. As we left it all behind, the sun warmed my back, lighting the way before us. I knew of no better omen.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick There are borderlines and there are borderlines. Labels do violence to people. You can’t treat the label; you have to treat the person behind the label. (17)
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.
Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini The mask was a thing on it’s own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.
William GoldingWilliam Golding Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.
Elena FerranteElena Ferrante The Jewish spirit, which was responsible for the alliance of large-scale capital with Marxism and was the driving force behind so many anti-Spanish revolutionary agreements, will not be got rid of in a day.
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