I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
JACK KEROUACI’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
More Jack Kerouac Quotes
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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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Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?
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There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.
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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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All of life is a foreign country.
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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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Something that you feel will find its own form.
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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 closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
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If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.
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Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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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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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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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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