Jack Kerouac Quotes

Something that you feel will find its own form.
JACK KEROUAC

Build Creation Feeling Yourself
The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
JACK KEROUAC

Leadership Road Spiritual World
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
JACK KEROUAC

Live Madness Myself People Save Talk
The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.
JACK KEROUAC

Dreams Fact Kind Man Night Togetherness World
The only truth is music.
JACK KEROUAC

Music One Liner Truth
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.
JACK KEROUAC

Angel Believe Fall Forever Girl Life Lose Love Philosophy Relationship Sun Wisdom
Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?
JACK KEROUAC

Deep See Thinking Wake Up
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
JACK KEROUAC

Nature Reality Spiritual World
The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.
JACK KEROUAC

Dream Greatness Happiness Strange
I’m right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.
JACK KEROUAC

Hard Time Myself Right Swimming
A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.
JACK KEROUAC

Smile Social Teeth
Be in love with your life, every detail of it.
JACK KEROUAC

Acceptance Life Love Yourself
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.
JACK KEROUAC

Disappearance Hide Myself Night Run
If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.
JACK KEROUAC

Story True Wrong Yourself
My life is a vast inconsequential epic.
JACK KEROUAC

Life Myself One Liner
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 KEROUAC

Act Easy Feeling Goodness Inspirational Leaving Myself Possible Rich Surprise
Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything
JACK KEROUAC

Evidence Kindness Rest Yourself
I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.
JACK KEROUAC

Build Empty Freedom Glow Life Myself Page Power
I petted the dogs who didn’t argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They’re wiser than their masters.
JACK KEROUAC

Argument Dog God Love Master Wisdom
My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
JACK KEROUAC

Eyes Life Myself Tears
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.
JACK KEROUAC

Death Greatness Hope Life Myself True
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?
JACK KEROUAC

Flame Forever Light Myself Pretend Time
What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?
JACK KEROUAC

Direction Journey Myself Path Store
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.
JACK KEROUAC

Bright Day Light Need Photography Rain Sun
It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
JACK KEROUAC

Enough Love Time
Everything is ecstasy inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind it is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever.
JACK KEROUAC

Bliss Ecstasy Essence Forever Happiness Mindset Ourselves Thinking True
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.
JACK KEROUAC

Art Dedication Dreams Myself Sleep Suffering

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