I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
JACK KEROUACSo long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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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 are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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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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Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.
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Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.
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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 suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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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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This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
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Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
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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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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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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
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