Jack Kerouac quotes - page 8

and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? (Jack Kerouac)
And I said, 'That last thing is what you can't get, Carlo. Nobody can get to that last thing. We keep on living in hopes of catching it once and for all. View quote
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my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom. View quote
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I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars. View quote
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The human bones are but vain lines dawdling, the whole universe a blank mold of stars. View quote
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I looked up at the dark sky and prayed to God for a better break in life and a better chance to do something for the little people I loved. View quote
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The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel. View quote
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Paris is a woman but London is an independent man puffing his pipe in a pub. View quote
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I don't wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions. View quote
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Who can leap the world's ties and sit with me among white clouds? View quote
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cliches are truisms and all truisms are true. (Jack Kerouac)
I was having a wonderful time and the whole world opened up before me because I had no dreams. View quote
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Life is life, and kind is kind. View quote
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ah, you always go for the ones who don't really want you. View quote
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Something that you feel will find its own form. View quote
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You guys are going somewhere or just going? View quote
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Mind is the Maker, for no reason at all, for all this creation, created to fall. View quote
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Down in Denver, all I did was die. View quote
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all day long wearing a hat that wasn't on my head. View quote
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Rocks are space, and space is illusion. View quote
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The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved to sit under on those cool perfect starry California October nights unmatched anywhere in the world. (Jack Kerouac)
The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy. View quote
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She spoke of evenings in the country making popcorn on the porch. Once this would have gladdened my heart but because her heart was not glad when she said it I knew there was nothing in it but the idea of what one should do. View quote
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We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends. View quote
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... most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by. View quote
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