Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
JACK KEROUACLife must be rich and full of loving–it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
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The only truth is music.
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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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I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.
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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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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.
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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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You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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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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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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