Jack Kerouac quotes

Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use …Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.

Poetry Short

The only truth is …The only truth is music.

Truth Music Short

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of …My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

Control Self control Passion Failure

because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere …because 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

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world …One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

Compassion Kindness

Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to …Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk - real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.

Life

What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see …What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

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

Writing

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite …A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

Pain Heart



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