Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
JACK KEROUACPain or love or danger makes you real again.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.
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My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
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The silence was an intense roar.
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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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Genius gives birth, talent delivers.
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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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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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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Life must be rich and full of loving–it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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Be in love with your life, every detail of it.
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You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
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The only truth is music.
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