What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
JACK KEROUACGreat things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.
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Pretty girls make graves.
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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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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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The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
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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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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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Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
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It’s okay, girl, we’ll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We’re fallen angels who didn’t believe that nothing means nothing.
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It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
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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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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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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 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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The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
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