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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, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like

the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

Inspirational, Friends, Horse

On the Road pt. 1, ch. 1 (1957)

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.

Kindness, Practice, Heaven

Jack Kerouac (1999). “Selected Letters, 1957-1969”, Viking Adult

Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.

Ink, Life Worth Living, Living On

Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain

Motivational, Wisdom, Travel

Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.

Wisdom, Travel, Inspire

Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.175, Penguin

Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything

Writing, Be Kind, Kind

Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.84, Penguin

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

The world you see is just a movie in your mind. Rocks dont see it. Bless and sit down. Forgive and forget. Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. That’s the story. That’s the message. Nobody understands it, nobody listens, they’re all running around like chickens with heads cut off. I will try to teach it but it will be in vain, s’why I’ll end up in a shack praying and being cool and singing by my woodstove making pancakes.

Running, Kindness, Cutting

It's all too much and not enough at the same time.

Tattoo, Too Much, Enough

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Life, Wisdom, Writing

"Some of the Dharma". Book by Jack Kerouac, 1997.

I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters.

Dog, Arguing, God Love

Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.145, Penguin

I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.

Crazy, World, I Realized

Jack Kerouac, Ann Charters (1995). “The portable Jack Kerouac”, Penguin Group USA

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

Jack Kerouac (1995). “Desolation Angels”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

The beauty of things must be that they end.

Wisdom, Ends

Jack Kerouac (2012). “Tristessa (Annotated)”, p.9, BookBaby

Be in love with your life, every detail of it.

Inspirational, Life, Birthday

Jack Kerouac, Ann Charters (1996). “Selected letters, 1940-1956”, Penguin Paperbacks

Something good will come out of all things yet — And it will be golden and eternal just like that.

All Things, Good Will

"On the Road".

While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light

Light, Darkness, May

Jack Kerouac (1960). “The Scripture of the Golden Eternity: Pocket Poets Number 51”, p.79, City Lights Books

My life is a vast inconsequential epic.

Epic, Life Is, Inconsequential

Jack Kerouac (1995). “Desolation Angels”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

Thinking, Confusion, Confusing

Jack Kerouac (1957). “On the Road”, Viking Press

I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.

I Hate You, Glowing, Pages

Jack Kerouac (1971). “The Dharma Bums”, p.138, Penguin

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.

Silly, Want, Belief

Letter to Ed White (5 July 1950), as published in "The Missouri Review", Vol. XVII, No. 3, (p. 137), 1994.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.

Hippie, Yawning, People

On the Road pt. 1, ch. 1 (1957)

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.

Thinking, Essence, Forever

You aren't ever going to be anything in this world unless you do what you want to do, when you want to do it--don't plan anything, just go out and do it.

World, Want, Plans

He had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars.

Wisdom, Travel, Stars

"On the Road".

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