Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
JACK KEROUACA sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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 want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to want anything else?
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Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
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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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What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
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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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Pretty girls make graves.
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You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.
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This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
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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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I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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The silence was an intense roar.
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