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Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.

Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.

Jack Kerouac
Wisdom, Sleep, Bed
Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.123, Penguin

I rather like the idea of having all my hours to myself: eating a Fudge Sundae, watching a movie, sleeping on my couch, singing in the bathroom, studying the woods, kidding around with a girl, playing cards lazily - all kinds of stuff that American brands 'shiftless.'

Jack Kerouac
Girl, Sleep, Ice Cream
Jack Kerouac (2000). “Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings”, p.136, Penguin

I just won't sleep," I decided. There were so many other interesting things to do.

Jack Kerouac
Wisdom, Sleep, Interesting
Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.148, Penguin

In all this welter of women I still hadn't got one for myself, not that I was trying too hard, but sometimes I felt lonely to see everybody paired off and having a good time and all I did was curl up in my sleeping bag in the rosebushes and sigh and say bah. For me it was just red wine in my mouth and a pile of firewood

Jack Kerouac
Lonely, Wine, Sleep
Jack Kerouac (2007). “Road Novels 1957-1960”

All I wanted and all Neal wanted and all anybody wanted was some kind of penetration into the heart of things where, like in a womb, we could curl up and sleep the ecstatic sleep that Burroughs was experiencing with a good big mainline shot of M. and advertising executives in NY were experiencing with twelve Scotch & Sodas in Stouffers before they made the drunkard's train to Westchester---but without hangovers.

Jack Kerouac
Hangover, Heart, Sleep

I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.

Jack Kerouac
Sleep, Forever, Forget
Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.179, Penguin

They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there - and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see.

Jack Kerouac
Wisdom, Sleep, Thinking
Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.279, Penguin

The only alternative to sleeping out, hopping freights, and doing what I wanted, I saw in a vision would be to just sit with a hundred other patients in front of a nice television set in a madhouse, where we could be "supervised."

Jack Kerouac
Nice, Sleep, Vision
Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.121, Penguin

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