Jack Kerouac

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

—Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“Houses are full of things that gather dust”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind.”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.”

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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"What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?"

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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"You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go."

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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"If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong."

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

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"Genius gives birth, talent delivers."

― Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)