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.
JACK KEROUACOn 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.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.
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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 petted the dogs who didn’t argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They’re wiser than their masters.
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The silence was an intense roar.
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It’s okay, girl, we’ll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We’re fallen angels who didn’t believe that nothing means nothing.
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The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
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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.
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
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The beauty of things must be that they end.
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The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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