--- title: "5 Awake Quotes By Jack Kerouac" description: "5 Awake quotes by Jack Kerouac. Plus more from Jack Kerouac and more Awake sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/jack-kerouac-182_awake_i-have-lots-of-things-to-teach-you-now-i_378610.jpg" --- > [“I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-have-lots-of-things-to-teach-you-now-in-case-we-ever-meet/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/jack-kerouac-182_awake_i-have-lots-of-things-to-teach-you-now-i_378610.jpg) > [The dream is already ended and we're already awake in the golden eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-dream-is-already-ended-and-we-re-already-awake-in-the-golden/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/jack-kerouac-182_awake_the-dream-is-already-ended-and-we-re-alr_834875.jpg) > [Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/keep-it-kickwriting-at-all-costs-too-that-is-write-only-what-kicks/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/jack-kerouac-182_awake_keep-it-kickwriting-at-all-costs-too-tha_1820955.jpg) > [What does it mean that I am in this endless universe, thinking that I'm a man sitting under the stars on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/what-does-it-mean-that-i-am-in-this-endless-universe-thinking-that-i/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/jack-kerouac-182_astronomy_what-does-it-mean-that-i-am-in-this-endl_2425049.jpg) > [Your mind makes out the orange by seeing it, hearing it, touching it, smelling it, tasting it and thinking about it but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/your-mind-makes-out-the-orange-by-seeing-it-hearing-it-touching-it/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/jack-kerouac-182_awake_your-mind-makes-out-the-orange-by-seeing_2731639.jpg) ## Other authors on Awake ## More by Jack Kerouac > [Bein Crazy is the least of my worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/bein-crazy-is-the-least-of-my-worries/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-catholic-and-i-can-t-commit-suicide-but-i-plan-to-drink-myself-to/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-beat-generation-that-was-a-vision-that-we-had-john-clellon-holmes/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/but-outside-of-being-a-sweet-little-girl-she-was-awfully-dumb-and/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“For when you realized that God is Everything you know that you've got to love everything no matter how bad it is, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-when-you-realized-that-god-is-everything-you-know-that-you-ve-got/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-an-idealist-who-has-outgrown-my-idealism-i-have-nothing-to-do-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“Most of them were running away from something―usually the law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/most-of-them-were-running-away-from-something-usually-the-law/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“Non lo so, non importa e non fa nessuna differenza.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/non-lo-so-non-importa-e-non-fa-nessuna-differenza/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“And in the flush of the first few days of joy I confidently tell myself (not expecting what I'll do in three weeks only)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/and-in-the-flush-of-the-first-few-days-of-joy-i-confidently-tell/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-want-a-blaze-of-light-to-flame-in-me-forever-in-a-timeless-dear/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“For the next week that was all I heard - manana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-the-next-week-that-was-all-i-heard-manana-a-lovely-word-and-one/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“O how wonderful life is, how miraculous, God made this and God made that", "how do you know he doesn't hate what He did:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/o-how-wonderful-life-is-how-miraculous-god-made-this-and-god-made/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/notoriety-and-public-confession-in-the-literary-form-is-a-frazzler-of/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-promise-i-shall-never-give-up-and-that-i-ll-die-yelling-laughing/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“The hot water pools are steaming, Fagan and Monsanto and the others are all sitting peacefully up to their necks, they're all naked, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-hot-water-pools-are-steaming-fagan-and-monsanto-and-the-others/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awake/jack-kerouac/#itemlist", "name": "5 Awake Quotes By Jack Kerouac", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night. 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