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 KEROUACThe beauty of things must be that they end.
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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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!
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All I wanted to do was sneak out into the night and disappear somewhere, and go and find out what everybody was doing all over the country.
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Something that you feel will find its own form.
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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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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.
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Everything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.
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But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.
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I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.
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The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
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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.
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