I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.
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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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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There’s wisdom in wine.
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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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No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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Something great is about to happen to me: I’m about to love somebody very much.
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My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.
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Pain or love or danger makes you real again.
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Something that you feel will find its own form.
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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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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So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being.
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