I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
JACK KEROUACEverything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.
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While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
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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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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
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I didn’t know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.
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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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Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don’t need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.
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The silence was an intense roar.
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All of life is a foreign country.
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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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Believe in the holy contour of life.
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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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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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