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 KEROUACEverything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.
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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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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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Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.
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You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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Something that you feel will find its own form.
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Believe in the holy contour of life.
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The silence was an intense roar.
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I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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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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The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.
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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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